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Vice-Mayor Ruth Herbel, whose home was also raided Aug. 11, praised Cody's suspension as “the best thing that can happen to Marion right now."

Gideon Cody, who orchestrated a widely criticized raid on The Marion County Record, was suspended indefinitely, a city official said on Saturday.

The Aug. 11 searches of the Marion County Record’s office and the homes of its publisher and a City Council member have been sharply criticized, putting Marion at the center of a debate over the press protections offered by the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

The police chief who led a highly criticized raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended. Marion Mayor Dave Mayfield on Saturday confirmed to The Associated Press that he suspended Chief Gideon Cody. Police seized computers and cellphones during searches of the Marion County Records office and the home of its publisher on August 11, putting Marion at the center of a debate over press protections offered by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press The police chief who led a highly criticized raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended, the mayor confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday. Marion Mayor Dave Mayfield in a text said he suspended Chief Gideon Cody on Thursday. He declined to discuss his decision further and did […]

Marion Mayor Dave Mayfield said he suspended Chief Gideon Cody on Thursday.

Marion, Kansas police chief Gideon Cody was suspended this week after he conducted a series of raids including on the office of a local newspaper. According to the Marion County Record, the paper that was raided, Cody was suspended by Mayor David Mayfield, and the suspension took effect on Thursday. The city administrator announced the…

The police chief who led a highly criticized raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended, the mayor confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday.

This suspension comes roughly a month after the Marion Police Department executed a raid on the Marion County Record.

William A. “Bill” Payne, known to family and close friends as “Budgie,” passed away Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, surrounded by his family. William was born in Whitesville May 23, 1937,