Our second experience at The Decatur DPS with two highschool young men. A stressful time,…read moreespecially these days of overwhelming population needs and the possibiity of having to reschedule an appointment weeks/months away. We did our homework in detail to be sure we had all the documents needed. The rest was on the DPS. Effecient(!) UPBEAT - Personable - Respectful..............ALL making for a pleasant experinece. The ladies working today were ALL taking care of business -keeping things rolling along. 'Cooperativeness' from the staff spills over onto the visitors. Five stars - hands down. Not to be taken for granted. Thank you 'staff' for your proffesionalism and making things easier for all the folks that come your way.

Friends told me to come here cause it would be much faster then Denton. Boy were they wrong....2…read more1/2 hours later I walked out with my new drivers license. The ladies there were nice so I could not give them a complete one star. Very short handed though as one seemed to keep going on break as the other was having conversations with people. I came to get my drivers license and then leave not hear how you look like another woman there.

We were here for a Women's Conference with NHFC! It was an absolutely beautiful space with…read moredelicious catered food. We were served maple chicken or grilled chicken as the entree with Ceasar salad and peach cheesecake!!! The staff kept the food refreshed and cleaned any small spills super quickly, the attentiveness was top-notch. The ac was the perfect temp and kept us feeling cool and focused on the main speaker. There was plenty of parking as well. We had a wonderful event!

Had a meeting here. Food was excellent! Steak was so tender you could cut it with a fork and it was…read moredelicious. Staff was so kind and professional. Excellent presentation all around. Outstanding experience, highly recommend.

This marker is on the grounds of the Wise County Courthouse and points out one of the earliest…read moreleaders of the community. Charles Vernon Terrell (May 2 1861-November 17 1959) It reads, "A leading public man in Texas, 1896-1939. Born in Wise County to early (1854) settlers. After two years at Texas A & M, read law and began practice in 1886. Served 1888-92 as Decatur City attorney; 1892-96 as county attorney; 1896-1901 and 1909-13 from Denton-Montague-Wise counties, in Texas Senate. There he sponsored act creating North Texas State University. He was state treasurer of Texas from 1921 to 1924. Appointed in 1924 to the Texas Railroad Commission (chairman 2 terms), he served during landmark years when Texas was catapulted into role of a major world energy supplier. Through regulation of oil and gas shipping, the Railroad Commission became the agency for making production rules. When East Texas in the 1930s began to produce oil in volumes such as the world had never known, and the state invoked martial law to quell strife there, Commissioner Terrell and associates pioneered in conservation without the sacrifice of industrial leadership. After his retirement in 1939, his native county had an oil discovery at Park Springs, in 1942. The Chico field came in with larger yields in 1947. C. V and Etta (May) Terrell were parents of Tully Vernon, John Preston, and Margaret (Mrs. F. . Ward). (1972)" Online, there is some more information. He was born in a log cabin near the Denton-Wise county line. His father's death required him to return home before he completed college. He clerked in a store, drove ox and mule teams between Fort Worth, Dallas, Sherman, and Denison, and engaged in quarrying and hauling rock, before he obtained a teaching certificate and taught at a country school for four months. He then read law in a private office. After being admitted to the bar in 1885, he became city attorney of Decatur in 1886 and served for four years. In 1886 he was also the Decatur correspondent for the Dallas Morning News. He is laid to rest in Austin at the State Cemetery. [Review 16106 overall - 286 in Texas - 1611 of 2021.]

Easy to follow rules (make an appointment, bring in printed and complete paperwork or fill out…read morerequired paperwork in your car, wait your turn). I needed an appointment sooner than March of next year, so I made an appointment and took some time to drive to Bowie for my need. The staff is very friendly given the reputational nature of a DPS office! Kudos to them for holding it together and still being polite and informative. You tell them what you're there for, they make sure you have the right forms and they keep the appointment times flowing. It was such a well working machine when I arrived for my appointment 8:40am (I recommend arriving 10 minutes early to make sure you have all the right forms). They were so friendly, even when I thought I may have botched my name-change DL appointment by not bringing another form of ID (along with my DL and court order)! They looked for validated IDs in their system and found a Passport Card of mine that was validated and accepted that in lieu of me needing to reschedule and bring with a Passport, SS, or birth certificate with me. I'm grateful they saved me additional time and effort when they truly didn't have to. I'd drive all the way out here again in the future!

On May 15, I completed the registration process and paid for my tags which were for meritorious…read moreservice and comendation. On June 24 I called the state office to locate my plates. The lady said my plate wasn't in the system and temp plate wasn't either. I went to the Bowie registration office again. Two ladies working there said they didn't understand so I had to wait for the boss to get out of a meeting. Then another lady came over took my paperwork and disappeared. Then the original lady I seen called me back up. Then she tells me I have to pay $30 again. Why?! They didn't do their job the first time, so I have to pay for their mistake!! This is ridiculous.