Blue Alerts are issued to help catch people who are believed to have wounded or killed local, state or federal law enforcement officers. Here are the criteria for a Blue Alert: A law enforcement officer must have been killed or seriously injured by an offender.

Benjamin Hanil Song is accused of shooting an Alvarado police officer during an attack on the Prairieland Detention Center.

Texas is one of several states that use Blue Alerts, but what is it, and how does it differ from AMBER Alerts?

A Texas firefighter pleaded for an alert amid rising flood waters. It took an hour to go out - Leaked audio provides new alert timeline as officials face scrutiny over when residents first learned of

Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Friday that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission launched the Texas Flooding Emotional Support Line.

President Trump is visiting Texas to meet with first responders, local officials and families of some of the victims in the aftermath of the catastrophic flooding. NBC News Priscilla Thompson reports from Kerrville,

Fast-rising floods in Central Texas have killed at least 115 people, and more than 160 remain missing. Here’s how you can help from anywhere in the world.

Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done more to warn people ahead of devastating flash flooding that killed at least 119 people on July 4.