WOOD COUNTY, Texas — Two East Texas men are dead after crashing into a tree in Wood County Monday afternoon. Nicolas Wilkins, 22, and Brekilyn Martin, 19, both of Mineola, were going west on County ...

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Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced the expansion of its Virtual Court Program, a groundbreaking initiative that leverages technology to modernize justice administration within the ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), in collaboration with the Texas Highway Patrol (THP), recovered 16 illegal ...

MISSOURI CITY, Texas - The Texas Department of Public Safety has issued an Amber Alert for a missing 15-year-old girl who may ...

Martin Zavala allegedly contacted undercover officers offered or agreed to pay a fee of $100 for the purpose of engaging in ...

The Republican governor on Wednesday ordered Texas agencies to help with arrests, share intelligence and help find new detainment facilities.

Mandatory vehicle safety inspections are no longer required for many Texas drivers, but Travis and Williamson counties still ...

The governor said the teams will help find, arrest and deport people who entered the country illegally and have active ...

The state has vowed to assist the president in his efforts to revamp immigration. But Texas' biggest cities and school ...

Mary Moore Searight, 86, a prominent landowner and philanthropist, was found in her home in Paris, Texas, where she had been badly beaten, strangled and sexually assaulted.