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DPS calls on public to prioritize school safety

Jimmy Appelt
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
With the 2026-27 school year now back in session at all area schools, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is reminding drivers and parents to make school safety a priority as students return to classrooms across the state.
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47-Year old Woman killed in Highway 90-A crash

News Staff
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
A two-vehicle crash involving a SUV and a semi-truck on U.S. Highway 90-A, four miles west of Hallettsville last Friday, resulted in a fatality.According to Texas Department of Public Safety Sergeant Ruben San Miguel, troopers responded to the crash at around 6:57 a.m.
Shiner police, TxDOT, Texas DPS, Texas Agrilife Extension Service, emergency managent personnel and members of the Kaspar Foundatioin gathered at Green Dickson Park for the first-of-its-kind kids' car seat checkout.d

Shiner police, TxDOT, Texas DPS, Texas Agrilife Extension Service, emergency managent personnel and members of the Kaspar Foundatioin gathered at Green Dickson Park for the first-of-its-kind kids' car seat checkout.d

Call it a car seat wellness clinic

Bobby Horecka
Saturday, August 27, 2022
Roughly a dozen locals turned out last week at Green Dickson Park to see if their child’s safety seat or booster seat was up to snuff and compliant with the current rules of the road in Texas.
At a chaotic and confusing press conference on Thursday, May 26, 2022, Victor Escalon, an official with the Texas Department of Public Safety, offered additional details Thursday about the law enforcement response to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school. Photo by Sergio Flores/The Texas Tribune

At a chaotic and confusing press conference on Thursday, May 26, 2022, Victor Escalon, an official with the Texas Department of Public Safety, offered additional details Thursday about the law enforcement response to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school. Photo by Sergio Flores/The Texas Tribune

Authorities took an hour to stop Uvalde gunman, raising questions about law enforcement response

News Staff
Friday, June 3, 2022
BY JOSHUA FECHTER AND REESE OXNER, The Texas Tribune, May 26, 2022  A gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a South Texas elementary school walked unopposed onto school grounds, state law enforcement officials said Thursday — and once he was inside, it took police an hour to stop him.
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