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Texas DPS increases the reward to $6,000 for tips on the 1981 cold case murder of Karen Lynn Douglas, urging public help ...

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.

He also had stints in Waco, Copperas Cove and Bryan-College Station before working for George W. Bush’s security team during ...

The newly-elected sheriff has already outlined several initiatives, including plans to enhance the county's marine division.

The Devine Police Department identified the 78-year-old man in a Facebook post as Lloyd Fowler, saying officers found the ...

A man was arrested after a woman was killed in a stabbing at a home in El Paso County near Horizon City, Texas.

Texas Rangers are investigating an officer-involved shooting in the city of Roma. The incident happened at approximately 8:07 ...

The Texas DPS is offering a $6,000 reward for information on the unsolved 1981 murder of Karen Lynn Douglas, a young mother ...

Specially trained Border Patrol agents and a Customs and Border Protection helicopter crew took part in a weekend mission to ...

A man suspected of fatally stabbing a woman early Sunday in the El Paso area has been taken into custody about 200 miles away in Reeves County in West Texas, officials said. Homicides 2025:El Paso ...

Karen Lynn Douglas, 22, was home with her baby on Jan. 6, 1981, when she was stabbed to death. The person responsible still ...