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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 ...

The Jackalopes' home opener will be on Oct. 11 against Oklahoma at Ector County Coliseum. It'll be the first of six consecutive home games the team will have in the month of October. Speaking of ...

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 ...