Questionable actions in the criminal justice arena and two high-profile law enforcement shooting incidents were among the biggest stories covered by KSAT Investigates in 2024.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced the rollout of an international public relations campaign to try to prevent migrants from crossing the border illegally.

A twin-engine Piper Navajo PA-31-350 plane crashed into three vehicles at a Victoria, Texas, intersection on Wednesday afternoon.

A woman who was arrested after leading San Antonio police and state troopers on a chase ending in the Alamo Quarry Market parking lot had her bond reduced Tuesday morning.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has a new leader.

After 15 years of leading the Texas Department of Public Safety, Col. Steven C. McCraw departed the DPS Headquarters in Austin for the final time on Wednesday. His retirement marks the conclusion of a law enforcement career spanning more than four decades.

Freeman Martin, a senior official at the Texas Department of Public Safety, will serve as the agency’s new executive director beginning next month after the retirement of current DPS director Steve McCraw.

Brad Simpson’s brother, Bart Simpson, spoke about the case in front of cameras on Friday for the first time.

Nearly seven months after a state trooper shot and killed a man in Converse, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office is revealing how and why he died.

Brad Simpson was formally charged with murder in connection with the death of his wife, Suzanne Clark Simpson, on Thursday.

TxDot and the Department of Public Safety are partnering together to help end the streak of daily deaths on Texas roadways.

A partir de 2025, los propietarios de vehículos no comerciales en Texas ya no tendrán que realizar inspecciones de seguridad, según el Departamento de Seguridad Pública de Texas (DPS).

A group of news organizations, including KSAT 12, asked a Texas appeals court on Wednesday to order the release of state Department of Public Safety records of the law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde.

Three people are dead after a multi-vehicle crash in Kendall County, according to a statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The Bandera County Sheriff’s Office issued a Silver Alert on Sunday for a missing Bandera County woman.

Nearly two weeks after the disappearance of Olmos Park mother Suzanne Clark Simpson, the city’s mayor said the search will resume within city limits.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said they have found no evidence tied to missing Olmos Park woman Suzanne Clark Simpson after four days of searching at a southeast Bexar County landfill.

A man arrested last year for the 1981 murder of 18-year-old Carol Joyce DeLeon had his case dismissed last week.

A man is dead after losing control of a vehicle and crashing into a tractor-trailer in Atascosa County, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

A Venezuelan gang named Tren de Aragua has been making headlines lately in Texas.

Starting in 2025, Texans will no longer need a safety inspection before registering a car for most vehicles, except commercial ones, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers with Operation Lone Star found more than 300 people attempting to cross into the United States illegally in just one week.

Many Texans were awoken early Friday morning by a different kind of alarm — and the internet had some things to say.

Texas Department of Public Safety driver license offices will be open statewide on Saturdays in October.

The Department of Public Safety said one of its troopers injured while investigating another traffic crash died on Saturday.

A Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper pulled over a truck that was towing a trailer on Thursday afternoon in Kenedy County, in South Texas, according to a social media post from a spokesperson for DPS.

Parents and caregivers in San Antonio can get their car seats checked for free this Saturday, Sept. 21.

Texas Department of Public Safety driver license offices will be open statewide on Saturdays through the end of September.

A man who accelerated his vehicle toward Texas Department of Public Safety troopers attempting to pull him over was arrested early Tuesday morning, according to San Antonio police.

An officer with the Texas Department of Public Safety shot at a driver who they say accelerated toward them on the Northwest Side on Tuesday.

Now is a good time to find out if you’re eligible to vote in the upcoming presidential election.

An AMBER Alert issued for a missing 6-year-old Kerr County boy has been canceled.

A driver was extricated from a vehicle following a wrong-way collision in Comal County, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

A law enforcement expert says a Texas Highway Patrol trooper’s history with the department could be the start of a troubling pattern.

The Texas Department of Public Safety found 17 migrants hidden in a fake Lowe’s Home Improvement store truck. Texas DPS South video shows the moment those 13 men and 4 women were found.

The Texas Department of Public Safety conducted a human smuggling bust Friday morning in Kinney County.

A City of Uvalde judge and his adult grandson were arrested in connection with multiple drug charges earlier this week.

The family of a man shot and killed by a DPS trooper has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the trooper, according to a federal filing.

A family of three, including a 3-month-old, were rescued by a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter from a high mountain in West Texas after they ran into trouble during a hike.

A suspect who was the subject of a multi-county manhunt on Saturday shot a man in the head earlier that day, according to San Antonio police.

A boy was rushed to the hospital after he was struck by a van Friday afternoon.

A member of the Texas Rangers who was suspended following the Uvalde school shooting has been reinstated by the Texas Department of Public Safety.

A Texas Department of Public Safety K-9 Tracking Team arrested a man wanted for murder after a two-mile, three-hour manhunt in Frio County earlier this month.

An hours-long standoff at a motel in Pearsall ended peacefully late Tuesday evening, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

An hours-long standoff at a motel in Pearsall ended peacefully late Tuesday evening, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The City of San Antonio has received a $8 million grant to improve the overall safety of Culebra Road, according to a press release.

One man is dead, and several people are injured after a major crash in Blanco County, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

DPS Trooper Apolonio Gomez opened fire on Luis Navarro after a chase that ended up in a crash in Converse, according to a copy of the investigation report obtained by KSAT.

A multi-partner initiative under San Antonio’s Vision Zero Plan aims to address an issue in the city’s court systems: unlicensed teen drivers with traffic citations.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said a Silver Alert for a missing 65-year-old man has been discontinued.

In a separate settlement, the city of Uvalde will pay $2 million to the families, create a permanent memorial to the victims and provide enhanced training for police officers.

Monday marks three weeks since a state trooper shot and killed 37-year-old Luis Navarro in Converse.

A Silver Alert was issued for a 75-year-old Schertz man on Sunday.

An AMBER Alert for two missing children from Carrizo Springs has been canceled.

The video, acquired by KSAT, starts three seconds before the trooper, who the Texas Department of Public Safety has not identified, shoots Luis Navarro, 37.

The family of the man shot and killed by a DPS trooper in Converse on Monday said they hope for truth and justice in the investigation.

Carlos Sanchez, the 43-year-old photographer for an Austin TV news station, is facing two new charges one week after he was arrested while covering a protest on the UT Austin campus, the Texas Department of Public Safety said Wednesday.

A woman who witnessed a trooper shooting and killing a man in Converse on Monday said she doesn’t believe the shooting was justified.

The Texas Department of Public Safety identified the two people killed in the Spring Branch helicopter crash on Friday afternoon.

A 37-year-old man who was fatally shot by a DPS trooper following a high-speed chase has been identified.

The Texas Department of Public Safety arrested a male driver Friday accused in a possible kidnapping case out of Oklahoma.

The FOX 7 employee is accused of hitting a trooper with his camera, but the arrested man told reporters he was pushed and didn’t hit any officer.

A commercial vehicle crashed into a Texas Department of Public Safety office in a rural town west of Houston on Friday, seriously injuring several people, according to the agency.

A Texas Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive was recently arrested in San Antonio, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

As a grand jury considers whether any law enforcement officers are criminally charged for their inaction during the Robb Elementary shooting, some families say they feel they’ve been let down and betrayed by elected officials.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has added two men to its Texas 10 Most Wanted lists.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said it is investigating what led to a deadly single-vehicle accident in Kinney County.

McCraw, the state police chief, traveled to Uvalde to appear before a grand jury considering criminal charges against officers for their botched response to the 2022 school shooting.

Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw testified in front of a grand jury in Uvalde on Wednesday morning in response to the scathing Department of Justice report on the Robb Elementary shooting.

Officials with the Department of Public Safety recovered two unaccompanied migrant children and one juvenile in Eagle Pass on Tuesday.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said a missing 17-year-old from the Greater Houston area has been found.

The children, who are from Honduras, were found 10 miles north of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass.

Josephine Marroquin, 63, was arrested on Jan. 27, a BCSO spokesperson confirmed in an email to KSAT.

A former Uvalde CISD campus monitor is claiming he was wrongfully terminated from the district.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has launched a new, free database that contains the names of people who have been convicted of certain violent offenses.

The incident occurred south of Shelby Park on Wednesday morning, according to DPS.

Officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety recovered the body of an unidentified man in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass on Saturday.

The U.S. Department of Justice just released its investigation into law enforcement’s response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School. But at least three other investigations have not yet been released to the public.

Roads in and around San Antonio should be clear of ice for the most part, but the lingering cold weather could impact vehicles, especially the battery.

A Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter patrolling the state’s border with Mexico has crashed, injuring at least one person.

The city’s mayor was told the state operation to halt illegal border crossings would last indefinitely.

A San Antonio teen charged in connection with a recent shooting and standoff also has ties to the death of a 22-year-old woman in Converse, according to court records.

Three men and one woman are in custody after a pursuit led to a standoff at a home on the East Side Sunday night.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has appealed a judge’s ruling to release records from the Uvalde school shooting.

Five months after a Texas Department of Public Safety medic told his superiors that troopers were ordered to push migrants back into the Rio Grande and deny them water, an internal DPS investigation found no systemic wrongdoing by its personnel on the Texas-Mexico border.

After more than a year of back and forth in the courtroom, a state district court judge in Austin has ruled the Texas Department of Public Safety must release records from the Uvalde school shooting.

DPS officials said a Honda coming from Houston was believed to be involved in human smuggling.

Are you registered to vote? The deadline is Oct. 10 if you want to vote in the Nov. 7 election.

A Silver Alert has been issued for a 64-year-old woman who disappeared in New Braunfels.

A state district court judge in Austin has blocked Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell from intervening in an ongoing lawsuit filed by more than a dozen media organizations against the Texas Department of Public Safety over records from last year’s Uvalde school massacre.

The legal battle for information related to the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School continues in Austin on Thursday as a judge hears arguments related to the lawsuit filed in August 2022 by KSAT 12 and more than a dozen other media organizations.

Following a week-long closure caused by a system upgrade, driver’s license offices will reopen for regular business hours statewide on Monday. Online services will also be available.

Anyone with a driver’s license appointment on Thursday morning needs to reschedule their appointment because the Texas Department of Public Safety has canceled it.

If you have an appointment at a driver’s license office for Wednesday morning, don’t show up for it.

Texas Department of Public Safety and the Military Department would not confirm the status of National Guard member who is accused of shooting across the Rio Grande and wounding a man.

The Texas Department of Public Safety’s vehicle inspection system has been down for two days due to an outage, and it’s unknown when repairs will be complete.

Texas officials say state police officers separated migrant families along the border with Mexico by detaining fathers on trespassing charges and turning over mothers and children to federal agencies.

Allegations of mistreatment of migrants, including small children, by DPS troopers and Texas National Guard soldiers is “horrific” and “barbaric,” U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio said.

The Office of the Inspector General is investigating the claims, which include pushing small children and women with nursing babies back into the river and turning away a 4-year-old girl who later passed out on the riverbank from the heat.

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson had said that troopers pulling a gun on a 10-year-old prompted the end of the agreement. A video of that encounter shows troopers with guns pointed at the ground, not the child.