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(MARION, Kan.) — Marion County, Kansas, has said it will return evidence seized in a controversial police raid of a local newspaper after an attorney review. A search warrant for the newspaper’s offices had been acquired based on a probable cause affidavit alleging that computer crimes […]

SEIZED...BUT NOT SILENCED: KBI takes over, from Marion County Record for Aug. 16, 2023

News stations from all across the country gathered around as Marion County Records published their first newspaper since the now infamous police raid at their headquarters and owners home.

The warrant authorizing a police raid of a small town newspaper in Kansas was withdrawn on Wednesday, leading to more questions.

The Marion County Record has been “vindicated.”

A Kansas county prosecutor has withdrawn the warrant for a raid on a small-town newspaper, stating that the county police had "insufficient evidence" to seize information from the paper.

In the paper's first issue since the incident, staff felt they had to address what everyone is talking about.

From the editorial: "These searches took place in a small town, but the temptation of law enforcement to overreach in dealing with journalists exists in communities of all sizes."

As Marion County Record published its first newspaper since Friday's raid, the county attorney ordered the court to release the equipment seized from the newsroom and revoked the warrant.

By Oliver Darcy, CNN