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A Silver Alert has been issued for a 64-year-old woman who disappeared in New Braunfels.

A state district court judge in Austin has blocked Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell from intervening in an ongoing lawsuit filed by more than a dozen media organizations against the Texas Department of Public Safety over records from last year’s Uvalde school massacre.

The legal battle for information related to the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School continues in Austin on Thursday as a judge hears arguments related to the lawsuit filed in August 2022 by KSAT 12 and more than a dozen other media organizations.

Following a week-long closure caused by a system upgrade, driver’s license offices will reopen for regular business hours statewide on Monday. Online services will also be available.

Anyone with a driver’s license appointment on Thursday morning needs to reschedule their appointment because the Texas Department of Public Safety has canceled it.

If you have an appointment at a driver’s license office for Wednesday morning, don’t show up for it.

Texas Department of Public Safety and the Military Department would not confirm the status of National Guard member who is accused of shooting across the Rio Grande and wounding a man.

The Texas Department of Public Safety’s vehicle inspection system has been down for two days due to an outage, and it’s unknown when repairs will be complete.

Texas officials say state police officers separated migrant families along the border with Mexico by detaining fathers on trespassing charges and turning over mothers and children to federal agencies.

Allegations of mistreatment of migrants, including small children, by DPS troopers and Texas National Guard soldiers is “horrific” and “barbaric,” U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio said.

The Office of the Inspector General is investigating the claims, which include pushing small children and women with nursing babies back into the river and turning away a 4-year-old girl who later passed out on the riverbank from the heat.

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson had said that troopers pulling a gun on a 10-year-old prompted the end of the agreement. A video of that encounter shows troopers with guns pointed at the ground, not the child.

All four of the deceased were found within 48 hours in the Rio Grande, a common but dangerous crossing point into the United States from Mexico.

Four people, including one infant, died while crossing the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass this month, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

A big-rig truck driver hauling a dozen immigrants en route to San Antonio led DPS troopers on a high-speed chase in La Salle County.

On the eve of Independence Day, and as roads see more and more traffic, the Texas Department of Public Safety is stepping up its enforcement.

The state police agency had been withholding nearly all of its records on law enforcement’s botched response to Texas’ deadliest school shooting. DPS will have an opportunity to redact the files before they are released.

Texas Department of Public Safety officers were criticized for the disparate number of Latino and Black residents arrested during the first iteration of a partnership to help Austin with policing duties.

A 75-year-old man was killed during a shootout with law enforcement officers in Kerr County, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Truckers have reported waiting up to 24 hours to cross the border because of the inspections. Gov. Greg Abbott ordered similar inspections last year to stop smuggling, but troopers found no contraband after checking more than 4,000 vehicles.

A month after the Texas Department of Public Safety began patrolling Austin streets, city officials have both praised a drop in violent crime and condemned the operation’s disparate impact on Latino and Black residents. In 2019, Dallas faced the same challenges.

A video submitted to KSAT shows a scary ending to a DPS chase that resulted in gunshots and three arrests on the North Side on Thursday.

Three people are in custody after leading Texas Department of Public Safety troopers on a chase before ramming one of their vehicles, according to DPS.

Uvalde CISD interim Superintendent Gary Patterson is giving an update after a DPS trooper shoved the mother of one of the Uvalde school shooting victims earlier this week.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has released a pair of videos that show the entire confrontation between a trooper and the mother of one of the Uvalde school shooting victims.

A state senator from San Antonio is calling for an investigation after a Texas Department of Public Safety officer was caught on camera shoving the mother of one of the Uvalde school shooting victims.

A man who was shot and killed by U.S. Marshals at a hotel west of downtown San Antonio on Friday has been identified by the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.

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The Uvalde City Council unanimously approved an updated memorandum of understanding between the Uvalde Police Department and the Uvalde School District.

During a recent street racing incident, Austin residents faced long 911 wait times. City officials say they need to increase staffing for 911 call takers, but state license and background check requirements make it difficult to fill positions.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is instead asking lawmakers for $381.5 million to upgrade its current facilities with better technology, dormitories and cafeteria for trainees from across the state.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has completed its internal investigation of how seven of its troopers responded to the Uvalde school shooting, and none will face additional discipline, the agency confirmed Thursday.

The five family members killed in a crash in Comal County two weeks ago were laid to rest Saturday.

Seven people were killed in a deadly wreck, and a young passenger appears to be the only survivor, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The preliminary report has not been made public by either the district attorney’s office or the state. The Texas Rangers are conducting a criminal investigation into the shooting at Robb Elementary.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is preparing to fire a high-ranking Texas Ranger for his lack of action during the Robb Elementary School shooting response, according to a report from CNN.

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw accused the suspended Texas Ranger of failing to perform his duty during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

One of Texas’ top 10 most wanted fugitives was arrested last week in San Antonio after being on the run for more than a year.

Records obtained by The Washington Post show the office of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton this summer sought data on how many people had changed the gender information on their driver’s license.

The Uvalde mayor Don McLaughlin is speaking about the lawsuit filed against the district attorney Christina Mitchell nearly one week ago.

Women in the Texas Department of Public Safety have described it as a “glass ceiling.”

A suspected human smuggler led a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper on a chase that ended in a crash in Val Verde County.

An AMBER Alert for a 13-year-old girl from San Antonio was canceled by DPS on Tuesday morning due to no new leads, according to police.

The inquiry will help determine whether criminal charges should be brought against responding officers.

A man is dead and another man is recovering in a San Antonio hospital after a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper shot them during a traffic stop in Seguin, according to authorities.

A nonprofit group that formed in response to the Robb Elementary massacre in Uvalde has issued a response to Thursday’s Department of Public Safety hearing on the investigation, calling it a ‘bait and switch’ and a ‘glorified press conference.’

At a public meeting where families that lost children in the school shooting said he should resign, McCraw said members of the Department of Public Safety made mistakes. But he said he’ll step down only “if DPS as an institution failed the families.”

The head of the Department of Public Safety told the families of the Uvalde shooting victims that first responders were “wrong” in their delay to breach the classroom where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers.

The head of the Texas Rangers will reportedly leave the agency amid an investigation into the Uvalde school shooting response.

A member of the Texas Rangers has been suspended and is being investigated for his failure to take action during the Uvalde school shooting, sources told CNN.

One of the first Texas Department of Public Safety troopers to arrive at the scene of the Uvalde school mass shooting is being fired by the Texas Department of Public Safety, a law enforcement official briefed on the matter told ABC News.

The gun safety law allocates $100 million for a Department of Justice grant program for school districts to invest in safety programs and technology. Twenty-eight Texas school districts were awarded grants through the program, totaling almost $8 million.

A Texas Department of Public Safety captain reportedly ordered his officers not to enter Robb Elementary 70 minutes into the 77-minute shooting, according to CNN.

A Texas state trooper hired then later fired by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department worked sparingly in the weeks before leaving the state agency and started her new position a day after formally resigning, timecard records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.

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Families of the victims killed in the May 24 Robb Elementary School massacre say a New York Times investigation is further proof that more people need to be held accountable for failing to protect their children that day.

The Uvalde CISD board is meeting Monday night for the first time since the fallout from the hiring and firing of a DPS officer under investigation, the entire district police department suspended and the superintendent announcing his retirement.

A group of parents and relatives of victims in the Robb elementary shooting who stood defiant outside district headquarters for 12 days, demanding action over officers’ response to the massacre, finally received the news they waited for.

Administrators announced Friday that they have suspended “all activities of the Uvalde CISD Police Department for a period of time” amid criticism of their response to the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School.

The parents of Alexandra “Lexi” Rubio, a victim of the Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde, said in an interview with ABC News on Thursday that a now-former officer and Texas Dept. of Public Safety trooper had been working at their son’s campus before she was fired by the school district.

The head of the state’s top law enforcement agency is being asked to resign after one of his troopers under investigation for her response to the May 24 shooting was later hired by the Uvalde CISD.

A Texas Department of Public Safety tooper was hospitalized after being exposed to fentanyl during a vehicle search in Bexar County, state officials reported Tuesday.

DPS troopers believe a white Volvo truck tractor or box truck was involved in the crash that left one person dead.

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After three months, students in Uvalde CISD headed back to class. It's hard for their parents to feel at ease after the last school year ended in tragedy at Robb Elementary.

The day before students return to Uvalde CISD schools, there is nervousness and uncertainty over the security changes in place.

The AMBER Alert for Sailor Tucker has been discontinued, according to a press release from Texas DPS.

More than 30 Department of Public Safety officers will patrol the campuses of Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District as students and teachers head back to class in the wake of the school shooting.

Days after more than a dozed media outlets filed a lawsuit against Texas DPS, there have been questions about why this step is necessary.

The City of Uvalde painted its law enforcement officers as “heroes” that had “zero hesitation” and saved hundreds of people in the May 24 attack on Robb Elementary School, according to a document presented to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin is not mincing words when it comes to a recent report released regarding the events of the Robb Elementary massacre on May 24.

A San Antonio man who issued 215 fraudulent commercial driver’s licenses for about $1,000 each while he worked for the Texas Department of Public Safety has been sentenced to prison.

The Uvalde Together Resiliency Center opened as a place for the community to get the resources they need as they move through the Robb Elementary tragedy.

McCraw on Tuesday gave much-asked-for revelations about the timeline, mistakes and missed opportunities. Specifically, he said Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school district police chief and on-site commander, made “terrible decisions.”

UPDATE: Law enforcement authorities had enough officers on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to stop the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, the Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw testified on Tuesday.

Message sent during law enforcement response called situation an ‘active shooter’ incident, even though chief had labeled it a barricaded subject

A Silver Alert has been issued for a 69-year-old woman last seen in Austin.

The No. 1 person on Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List has been arrested, according to the Department of Public Safety.

A man who led police on a vehicle chase around San Antonio’s West Side has been arrested after crashing into a fire hydrant at South Laredo and Loma Vista, according to the Texas Public Department of Safety.

A Texas Department of Public Safety special agent died Saturday morning at a San Antonio hospital following a traffic crash near Eagle Pass, according to DPS officials.

Two men are dead and another man is in critical condition after a fiery crash in La Vernia, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The College Station Police Department is searching for a woman who disappeared on Thursday evening.

DPS officials are increasing the number of Texas Highway Patrol Troopers on the roads from Wednesday through Sunday, according to a news release.

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A 62-year-old woman from San Antonio was killed in a head-on crash caused by an alleged drunken driver last week in Central Texas, according to media reports.

A San Antonio fugitive was arrested just one day after he was added to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List.

One person was airlifted to a San Antonio hospital and three others fled from state troopers after a pursuit led to a crash in Lytle, according to the Lytle Police Department.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has added a San Antonio man to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List.

A San Antonio man who was on the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list has been arrested.

The mayor of Uvalde said the presence of Texas DPS troopers is helping local law enforcement deal with other pressing issues in the city and county.

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing the state of Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott over the executive order the governor issued on Wednesday that allowed Department of Public Safety troopers to restrict lawful ground transportation of migrants.

The Texas Department of Public Safety will be adding more Highway Patrol Troopers on the road from now until Monday, July 5, as part of its Operation CARE (Crash Awareness Reduction and Effort) and Operation Holiday.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is searching for a “high-risk” San Antonio man who was previously convicted of rape and sexual assault.

A 29-year-old San Antonio man was killed in a one-vehicle crash near Boerne early Wednesday.

Authorities have arrested a man in the death of a 13-year-old West Texas girl who was reported missing more than a decade ago.

A woman who was charged in the slaying of her husband and added to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list was last seen in San Antonio.

A witness says a West Texas man accused of fatally shooting two sheriff’s deputies was angry they were in his yard trying to catch a dog that had bitten someone.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has added a fugitive with ties to San Antonio to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list.

It's more than a month since DPS trooper Chad Walker died in the line of duty. Today in Boerne, a special tribute and fundraiser for trooper Walker's family.