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A community fundraiser is planned for Texas DPS Trooper Kevin Ramirez Vasquez, who is in critical condition after being ...

A fundraiser is being held for DPS State Trooper Kevin Ramirez Vasquez, who was serious injured in a crash along State ...

ECTOR COUNTY, Texas — Ector County Independent School District board members traveled to San Antonio last week for the Mexican American School Boards Association (MASBA) annual conference.

As Ector County Judge and as a member of the Ector County Commissioners Court, I believe it is our role to ensure that Ector County as a government improves its internal operations to be efficient ...

ECTOR COUNTY, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety has released more information and a health status of the state trooper involved in a Tuesday morning crash along State Highway 302 in ...

A Texas state trooper was airlifted to a Lubbock hospital with serious injuries after he was hit by a car on duty Tuesday morning in Ector County. Texas Department of Public Safety officials said ...

ECTOR COUNTY, Texas — Trooper Kevin Ramirez Vasquez, a U.S. Army veteran and recent graduate of DPS class A-23, was critically injured while working a crash in Ector County. Vasquez was outside his ...

ECTOR COUNTY — A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper was struck by a vehicle while outside of his patrol vehicle. The trooper, according to a statement from DPS, was struck around 9 a.m ...

What a Big E spokesperson characterized as a “minor fire” happened at 11 p.m. inside of the C Barn, which is a large barn ...

AND THE COUNTY EXPECTS AS MANY AS 70,000 REQUESTS. THEY SHO Firefighters are battling a second-alarm barn fire in Lancaster County, according to emergency dispatch.Video above: Headlines from WGAL ...

Elba, N.Y. — A barn in Genesee County was destroyed during a fire Monday afternoon. Crews responded just after 12:30 p.m. to the structure on Bridge Road in Elba, where a second alarm was ...