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State News August 24, 2023 - 11:17 am

Sheriff’s office agrees to destroy evidence obtained from raid on Kansas newspaper

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office agreed Thursday to destroy digital files it copied from computers seized during the raid on the Marion County Record.

State Government August 22, 2023 - 4:21 pm

After Kansas newspaper raid, lawmaker proposes taking warrant power away from magistrates

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

House Minority Leader Vic Miller said Tuesday he would introduce legislation to take away a magistrate’s power to authorize a search warrant, addressing one aspect of the circumstances surrounding the raid on the Marion County Record.

State News August 21, 2023 - 4:49 pm

‘You’re an ***hole, police chief’: Kansas newspaper owner defiant in video of home invasion

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Marion County Record co-owner Joan Meyer leaned into her walker and stood up to law enforcement personnel executing a search warrant in her living room during a bizarre series of legally questionable raids of her residence, the newspaper’s office and a city council member’s home.

State News August 20, 2023 - 5:27 pm

Now-withdrawn affidavit in Marion County Record raid shows police ignored Kansas open records laws

by Madeline Fox, Kansas News Service

The now-withdrawn documents used to justify a search of the Marion County Record show that the police chief knew a reporter was verifying the authenticity of a local business owner’s driving record by searching on a public website — which is legal under Kansas law.

State News August 19, 2023 - 1:08 pm

Co-owner of Kansas newspaper, who died amid stress from police raid, honored in funeral service

by Rachel Mipro, Kansas Reflector

Joan Meyer, surrounded by flowers and escorted to her gravesite by the same police force that may have had a hand in her death, was honored by the community in a Saturday service.

State News August 17, 2023 - 11:47 am

Kobach: KBI looking into possible data breach in Kansas newspaper case

by Sherman Smith and Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Kansas AG Kris Kobach says state authorities reviewing alleged crimes associated with the raid of a Marion newspaper are interested in whether someone breached the Kansas Criminal Justice Information System.

State News August 17, 2023 - 11:34 am

A Kansas town’s taxpayers may have to pay up after police raided its newspaper

by Dylan Lysen, Kansas News Service

The police raid on the Marion County Record potentially violated federal law and constitutional rights. It could leave taxpayers covering a big legal settlement.

State News August 16, 2023 - 4:11 pm

Marion County Record publishes in defiance of police raid — and gets seized property back

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Marion County Record staff worked through the night to publish the paper’s weekly edition after police raided the newsroom and confiscated computers, cellphones and other items. Authorities also returned property the police took.

State News August 16, 2023 - 12:01 pm

Inside the Marion County Record: Staff rushed to publish a newspaper after the police raid

by Rose Conlon, Kansas News Service

Journalists at the Marion County Record worked late into the night to publish their first issue since the widely-criticized raid. “SEIZED… but not silenced,” its headline read.

State News August 14, 2023 - 12:32 pm

Marion newspaper’s lawyer chastises police for treating newspaper as ‘drug cartel,’ ‘street gang’

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

The Society of Professional Journalists’ board unanimously offered $20,000 to the Marion County Record for legal costs in wake of the seizure of newspaper and personal property by local law enforcement.

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