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The Texas Department of Public Safety has graduated five Troopers and five canines from a nine-week training program. These canine teams will join 41 other DPS Narcotic Detection Teams and five Explosives Detection Teams throughout Texas. One of the dogs was obtained from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; three …

A person of interest in a North Texas woman’s death surrendered to police Sunday. Farmers Branch Police had responded to a welfare check at a residence and found the body of a woman who had been murdered. Investigators say Carlos Raul Larios-Trejo was the person of interest who is now …

A judge in Fort Worth will decide whether Cook Children’s Medical Center can remove a ten-month-old girl from life support despite her family’s opposition. The mother of the baby testified Thursday that the infant is “sassy” and enjoys cartoons. Doctors say the girl is in pain and that her condition …

The Blue Alert for the man accused of killing a Houston-area police officer has been canceled after he was taken into custody. Reportedly, 21-year-old Tavores Dewayne Henderson was arrested without incident at a home in Houston on Thursday afternoon. He allegedly struck and killed 32-year-old Kaila Sullivan while escaping a …

A death row inmate was executed Wednesday night for killing a supervisor at an Amarillo state prison shoe factory nearly 17 years ago. Prosecutors say Travis Runnels slashed his supervisor’s throat because he didn’t like working as a janitor at the factory. His attorneys asked the U.S. Supreme Court to …

Officials arrested a Carrollton, TX man for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old runaway at a motel in Ardmore. Reportedly, 28-year-old Daniel Lara-Lozano is charged with second-degree rape. Investigators say Lara-Lozano and the victim had met for sex at least twice previously. He’s being held under a $50,000 bond in …

A Collin County tow truck driver was killed on the job. Reportedly, 24-year-old Zach Johnson, of McKinney, was hired only three weeks ago by Texas Auto Towing Service in Sanger. He was fatally shot while repossessing a car at the Best Western Inn in Lake Dallas. The owner of the …

The Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct has issued a public warning to McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley, who refused to perform same-sex marriages because of her Christian beliefs. She said she’s entitled to a religious exemption.  In its warning, the Commission said Hensley cast doubt on her …

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said that state sales tax revenue totaled $3.18 billion in November. That is 6.2 percent more than in November 2018. November state sales tax growth was led by collections from the wholesale trade, construction, and restaurant sectors, while groups from the oil and gas mining sector …

A new technology being tested by California utilities is aimed at diagnosing problems before they cause power outages or spark wildfires. The technology was invented by researchers at Texas A&M University. Applying concepts of pattern recognition and advanced signal processing to more than a decade of data, a team of …