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Right now, recruits are in the middle of their 50-hour course learning the penal code, or as Officer Tommy Prumer calls it, ...

On Friday, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) welcomed 138 new Texas Highway Patrol Troopers from recruit Class C-2024 during a graduation ceremony at Great Hills ...

The Durant Police Department on Bryan County Sheriff Johnny Christian's death: "Today Earth lost a great man, but Heaven ...

State District Court deliberated about 45 minutes before convicting Larry Lee Johnson on one count of sexual assault and one ...

City Council received 18 applicants for police chief during the abbreviated application process. The council is seeking to fill the police chief position left vacant when embattled former Chief Todd ...