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The La Crosse County Board recently approved funding for two new deputies for the La Crosse County Sheriff's Office.

Recent transit redesign did help; what else can be done?

Coast Guard helicopter crew rescues fallen hiker near Port Orford A US Coast Guard helicopter crew airlifted a 21-year-old hiker who fell from the cliffs above Nellies Cove near Port Orford on Monday evening. Posted: May 11, 2021 10:38 AM Updated: May 11, 2021 10:42 AM Posted By: Jamie Parfitt PORT ORFORD, Ore. — A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a 21-year-old hiker who fell from the cliffs above Nellies Cove near Port Orford on Monday evening. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Bend received a request for assistance from Curry County dispatch around 6:30 p.m. on Monday ev...

Photo by David Brendan Hall From 2011 to 2019, the city of Austin paid $8 million in settlements to victims of police violence, and another $800,000 to private law firms brought in to defend the city and Austin Police Department officers in civil lawsuits stemming from APD's use of force. With at least eight more suits pending, the costs are likely to increase. Data provided to the Chronicle by the city shows that 61 lawsuits were filed against the city or an individual officer accused of using excessive force. State law requires that the city provide legal defense to any o...

In the past three months, grand juries have indicted as many law enforcement officers in use-of-force cases under Garza's administration as they did within the entire four-year term of his predecessor, Margaret Moore. But even while his office is accruing indictments, experts say there is no guarantee that Garza and his prosecutors will see a courtroom victory.  "Generally, it is really difficult for prosecutors to get a conviction at trial in a police fatality or police brutality case," said Alissa Marque Heydari, a former prosecutor with the Manhattan district attorney's office. "Ther...