Texas DPS

Southbound Interstate 45 just north of Corsicana was closed for four hours Thursday morning after a pickup hit a DPS patrol vehicle and two troopers who were helping a disabled vehicle. Both troopers were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Avoid southbound I-45 north of Corsicana. The highway is closed after two DPS troopers were hit while on the scene of a disabled 18-wheeler.

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A person is hospitalized after a shooting involving Rockwall police on Saturday. The Texas DPS is investigating.

Texas DPS says a state trooper acted selflessly and acted quickly to save a driver from a burning vehicle that crashed earlier this month on the Dallas North Tollway in Plano.

On Friday, the Texas Department of Public Safety released video showing a trooper rescuing a man from a burning car on the Dallas North Tollway near Spring Creek Parkway on Jan. 9, 2025.

A chase ended on the Chisholm Trail Toll Road in Fort Worth Wednesday afternoon after a driver led officers in a pursuit in an 18-wheeler.

A chase ended on the Chisholm Trail Toll Road in Fort Worth Wednesday afternoon after a driver led officers in the pursuit in an 18-wheeler.

Arlington police issued a Silver Alert for a missing 77-year-old man with cognitive impairment.

Three of Texas’s 10 mot wanted fugitives, accused of sexual assault, aggravated robber and murder, were apprehended.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has a new director: Col. Freeman Martin, a former Texas Ranger and deputy director of the DPS.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has a new director: Col. Freeman Martin, a former Texas Ranger and deputy director of the DPS.

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Col. Steve McCraw said goodbye to personnel Wednesday as he left Texas DPS Headquarters in Austin for the final time.

DPS Troopers said a driver went the wrong way on Interstate 30 and hit another vehicle head-on in Greenville. Both cars caught on fire.

State troopers responded to a deadly crash in Greenville Saturday night.Troopers said a driver was going the wrong way on Interstate-30 and hit the another vehicle head-on. Both cars caught on fire.

The Public Safety Commission announced Wednesday that Freeman Martin, a Texas Ranger with decades of service in the Texas DPS, will replace retiring Director Steve McCraw next month.

The Texas DPS is asking the Texas Legislature to invest $22 million over the next five years in a system that would allow for virtual appointments. DallasNews.com transportation reporter Amber Gaudet explains everything from renewals to drive tests could soon be done virtually.

Just three months ago NBC 5 Investigates uncovered just how understaffed DPS driver license centers are. That was causing long waits even just to get an appointment. NBC 5’s Vince Sims takes a closer look at a plan by DPS to move to virtual appointments.

Staffing shortages and low salaries are partly to blame for long waits for driver license renewal appointments. That’s why the Texas DPS is considering a virtual appointment system.

A Blue Alert has been issued for a 33-year-old man in connection to the serious injury of a law enforcement officer.