Texas DPS trooper killed in Panhandle crash honored at memorial service
State leaders and relatives gathered in Childress to remember the fallen trooper and support his family.
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State leaders and relatives gathered in Childress to remember the fallen trooper and support his family.
The 27-year-old became the 244th Texas DPS officer to die in the line of duty since 1823.
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Authorities say the driver ran from the scene before being arrested and charged.
The department confirmed the details hours after the incident.
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The incident happened just after 5 a.m. at Old Denton Road on PGBT in Carrollton, according to reports.
At about 2:10 a.m., DPS troopers responded to a reported two-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of the DNT near Royal Lane.
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After the two bumped into each other, the trooper pointed at the player with both hands and said something to him.
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The DPS trooper said when he got to the scene of the crash on Saturday, he saw body parts of multiple people scattered around the road.
Emergency crews responding to the crash called it horrific and a mass casualty event.
Residents who live off I-20 in Kaufman County, near where the deadly crash allegedly caused by a semi driver falling asleep at the wheel happened, said they're still shaken by what they witnessed.
After the credible threat at the Texas Capitol this weekend and the assassinations of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband, Gov. Abbott said those things can never be allowed to happen in Texas.
The Texas State Capitol and grounds in Austin were evacuated due to the threat, state officials said.
Rocky Patterson, 63, has been charged with three counts of manslaughter for the deaths of Tommy Moorehead III, 41, and a 6-year-old and 4-year-old, DPS said.
Lanes on I-635 and the President George Bush Turnpike are closed in Irving due to a deadly two-vehicle crash Wednesday evening.
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The Tampa Bay Rays selected Emerson, 18, who was widely considered the best all-around player in the draft.
Lucas Roper, 19, was arrested on July 9, 2026, nearly three months after Daniel Erving drowned.
The sky will be mostly sunny, and winds will remain from the south at 5 to 10 mph.
Cole Winn retired all four batters he faced in the seventh and eighth innings for his second win in two nights.
Mario Martinez, the owner of Legends Barbershop and Co., dropped everything to trim up the Swedish soccer team last month.
The Tampa Bay Rays selected Emerson, 18, who was widely considered the best all-around player in the draft.
Lucas Roper, 19, was arrested on July 9, 2026, nearly three months after Daniel Erving drowned.
The sky will be mostly sunny, and winds will remain from the south at 5 to 10 mph.
Cole Winn retired all four batters he faced in the seventh and eighth innings for his second win in two nights.
Mario Martinez, the owner of Legends Barbershop and Co., dropped everything to trim up the Swedish soccer team last month.
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State Representative Shelley Luther lives near Sherman and says she moved there for the freedoms of rural Texas. That's why she said she is against allowing data centers in Texas rural areas. "If your data center causes noise, air pollution, contamination takes up all the water, then you're infringing on everybody else's private property, right? So once they roll over into other people's property rights, then that's a problem."
Republican Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian discusses data centers in Texas. He disagreed with Governor Abbott's assertion last week that AI Data Centers should be prohibited in rural Texas neighborhoods, saying rural Texas is dying. He says Texans can and should develop solutions to problems identified with these data centers.
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Mayor Jim Ross said hotel revenue in the city was a record $31 million in June, smashing the previous mark of $23 million.
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A growing number of solar customers across the country have been left in limbo following a company's closure or bankruptcy.
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The Tampa Bay Rays selected Emerson, 18, who was widely considered the best all-around player in the draft.
Cole Winn retired all four batters he faced in the seventh and eighth innings for his second win in two nights.
Mario Martinez, the owner of Legends Barbershop and Co., dropped everything to trim up the Swedish soccer team last month.
With 20,996 fans in attendance, the game broke the regular-season mark of 20,711 set on Sept. 19, 2024.
Cuban alleges Patrick Dumont has engaged in "adversarial business practices."
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983, has died. She was 75.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.
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