For most of the state’s history, the laudatory picture of the Rangers has prevailed, among both historians and the general public. When I was a child, school trips to San Antonio’s Witte ...

It is interesting to note that the Texas Rangers initially did not issue badges to its men. ... At present, more than 200 men and women serve the state as Texas Rangers.

Week two of the Law Enforcement Citizens' Academy class kicked off at the TXDPS Lubbock Regional Office. Regional Commander Gary Albus said in 2016, the department made 73,093 arrests, 11,608 of those ...

Texas Rangers captains Roy W. Aldrich, left, and John R. Hughes on horseback, circa 1940. Roy Wilkinson Aldrich Papers/e_rwa_0119/The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History/The University of ...

This year marks 200 years since the creation of the Texas Rangers. With no army in 1823, Stephen F. Austin called a group of citizens together to protect the Spanish province we now call Texas. “We’re ...

Images of a Texas Rangers badge, the 1917 McClesky No. 1 oil well, and a Ranger ISD Bulldog are set against a background of maroon and white diamonds. “The oil derrick is what made Ranger big ...

“For nearly 200 years, the Texas Rangers have served and protected the Lone Star State, my beloved home state, and today the SIG SAUER P320 is in service with the officers of all 13 divisions of ...

In the Texas Panhandle, an artist creates badges by hand for the oldest state law enforcement agency in North America — the Texas Rangers.