Texas Department of Public Safety

The Texas Department of Public Safety is offering extended hours at four driver license offices beginning on Wednesday.

A 40-year-old pilot died when his small plane crashed as he tried to land on a private runway in East Texas early Saturday morning, officials said.

If you thought lines to renew your driver’s license were long before, get ready for possibly even longer lines – another symptom caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 1,500 Department of Public Safety Troopers were sent to Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin “to maintain public safety,” Gov. Greg Abbott’s office said in a news release, which noted more resources would be added if needed.

When they do re-open, the Texas Department of Public Safety will begin a new appointment system, which they believe can help with wait times

When they do reopen, the Texas Department of Public Safety will begin a new appointment system, which they believe can help with wait times

Two Farmers Branch children are safe and reunited with their mother after a thief stole the vehicle they were riding in Sunday, prompting an Amber Alert.

Two Farmers Branch children are safe and reunited with their mother after a thief stole the vehicle they were riding in Sunday, prompting an Amber Alert.

An Amber Alert was canceled Sunday after two children were found unharmed. They had been in the backseat of an SUV when it was stolen earlier in the afternoon.

Two children who were in the backseat of a stolen vehicle have been located, police say.

An Amber Alert issued out of Austin Saturday for a 12-year-old girl has been canceled. Avery Reynolds, who had last been seen Jan. 10, was located and the Amber Alert was canceled, according to the Austin ISD Police Department. Reynolds had last been seen Jan. 10, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Videos released by the Texas Department of Public Safety on Tuesday show that a 27-year-old man shot by two troopers after a traffic stop last summer was holding a gun. The footage comes from the body camera and dash cam of two troopers who stopped Schaston Hodge on Aug. 17, 2019 in South Dallas. They began pursuing him after he…

The autopsy of a man fatally shot by two state troopers following a Dallas traffic stop shows he had 16 gunshot wounds, including shots to the head, front and back torso and both legs. The Dallas Morning News obtained the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s autopsy report for 27-year-old Schaston Hodge. Troopers Joshua Engleman and Robert Litvin shot him Aug. 17…

A man fleeing from a trooper on Saturday was taken into custody after he crashed into a chain-link fence in Fort Worth, officials say.  About 4:30 a.m., a Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol trooper attempted to stop a Chevrolet Silverado on a traffic violation on the Chisholm Trail Parkway.  The driver, Juan Orta, didn’t pull over and...

A woman and a child were killed in a single-vehicle rollover early Saturday near Forney, officials say. Texas Department of Public Safety troopers responded about 4:30 a.m. to the scene of the crash on FM2757. The preliminary investigation indicates that silver BMW was southbound on the road and lost control going into the curve. The vehicle struck a culvert and…

A suspected drunken driver was arrested following a wrong-way crash early Sunday on the Chisholm Trail Parkway in Fort Worth, officials said.

A chase that led police through three cities ended when authorities stopped pursuing a blue minivan, and finally arrested the driver when he stopped in the parking lot of Dallas 7-Eleven.

Lavon police identified four high school students killed in a crash Tuesday night along State Highway 78.

A protected witness says they saw Greenville shooting suspect Brandon Ray Gonzales leave a dice game held in the restroom of the party venue before pointing a gun at the heads of his targets and opening fire late Saturday night.

Authorities issued an Amber Alert for a San Antonio 2-year-old has been discontinued.