AUSTIN - The Texas Public Safety Commission (PSC) and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steven McCraw presented a Purple Heart and five Life Saving Awards to DPS employees for their exemplary service.........................

AUSTIN - The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Charles Raymond Sprague, 44, to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list, and a cash reward up to $2,000 is now being offered for information leading to his capture.........................

AUSTIN - Mack Brady Meadows, 64, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender and this month's featured fugitive, is now in custody after being captured on Apr. 10 in Orange County, Texas.........................

AUSTIN - The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) today announced that Operation Drawbridge the law enforcement initiative using motion-detection camera system along the Texas-Mexico border was responsible for more than 29,300 apprehensions and 88,400 pounds of drugs being seized in 2014.........................

AUSTIN - Springtime in Texas is known for the beautiful wildflowers that blanket the fields and roadsides across our state, including the state flower, the Bluebonnet.........................

AUSTIN - James Lee Matley, 40, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive, is now in custody after being arrested Wednesday in El Paso County.........................

AUSTIN - The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced today that DPS officers - with the support of the DPS Interdiction for the Protection of Children (IPC) program - rescued 48 missing or exploited children in 2014.........................

AUSTIN - The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added James Lee Matley, 40, to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, and a cash reward up to $7,500 is now being offered for information leading to his capture.........................

AUSTIN - Floyd Montrel Moore, 29, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender, is now in custody after turning himself in on March 26 in Fort Worth.........................

WESLACO, TEXAS - The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seized more than two tons of marijuana - with an estimated value of more than $24 million - after a Texas Highway Patrol trooper pulled over a tractor trailer in Starr County on Monday morning.........................