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TOPEKA, Kan. — A central Kansas police chief was not only on legally shaky ground when he ordered the raid of a weekly newspaper, experts said, but it may have

Experts say a central Kansas police chief was on legally shaky ground when he ordered the raid of a weekly newspaper.

Experts say a central Kansas police chief was on legally shaky ground when he ordered the raid of a weekly newspaper.

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OP/ED- It’s no trade secret that newspapers these days — especially small, hyper-local papers — are having a hard enough time doing their work while making ends meet.

TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General 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

After receiving international attention following a police raid, a much-heralded newspaper owner was laid to rest Saturday.

Newsroom searches are the most intrusive actions police can take to shut down reporting. They are corrosive to the very fabric of our free society.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A central Kansas police chief was not only on legally shaky ground when he ordered the raid of a weekly newspaper, experts said, but it may have been a criminal violation of civil rights, a former federal prosecutor added, saying: “I’d probably have the FBI starting to look.” Some legal experts […]

In interviews after the raid, many residents said they saw the police search not just as a stunning broadside against the press, but also as a natural, if unfortunate, outgrowth of rising tensions between the community and the Record’s coverage.