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The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) hosted TEXCON 2025, an Annual Public Safety Drone Expo and Tactical Awareness Kit (TAK) Workshop at the DPS Tactical Training Center in Florence. This year’s event, scheduled Dec. 1 through 4, was attended by over 300 members of local, state and federal law enforcement, as well as first responders from across the country.

Texas A&M AgriLife scientists have uncovered new insights into how cattle fever ticks survive and spread across South Texas, revealing hidden refuges that could explain why the pest remains one of the U.S. cattle industry’s greatest threats.

The FBI has arrested a suspect for allegedly placing pipe bombs at the offices of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 2021. 

The city of McAllen is known as the Official South Pole of Texas, declared so by Texas Governor Greg Abbott in 2018.

Governor Greg Abbott issued the following statement after the United States Supreme Court ruled Texas can use the 2025 congressional redistricting maps:

Governor Greg Abbott announced that a Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund (TSIF) grant of $9.8 million has been extended to Temple College for a new Central Texas Chips Hub in Taylor. This is the second TSIF grant to a Texas higher education institution.

Texas Border Business AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton successfully supported Republican congressional redistricting efforts by defending Texas’s Big Beautiful Map in the U.S. Supreme...

The U.S. Air Force Drill Team is in McAllen to perform a series of public performances. Events include a high-energy performance at Nikki Rowe High School, a community meet-and-greet, participation in “Christmas in the Park,” and the opening of the biggest holiday extravaganza, the McAllen Holiday Parade, presented by H-E-B and powered by Bert Ogden Auto Group. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at the Rio Grande City International Bridge cargo facility intercepted $549,275 in alleged cocaine concealed in a commercial vehicle.  

DHR Health’s Level I Trauma Center hosted a special luncheon to honor trauma survivors and their families as well as to recognize the first responders and healthcare professionals who have played a pivotal role in saving lives and providing care in the face of life-threatening injuries.