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A police raid that drew national attention to a small Kansas newspaper over threats to press freedoms wasnt supported by evidence, a prosecutor said Wednesday, as the papers staff scrambled to print its first edition since their cellphones and computers were seized.

A Kansas state law enforcement agency has taken over an investigation that led to a police raid of a weekly newspaper, following widespread outcry from media advocacy groups and news organizations. Police last Friday raided the offices of the weekly Marion County Record and the publisher’s home, seizing computers, phones and a file server. Following…

Business owner Kari Newell confirmed to CNN that she had asked Meyer and his reporter to leave the event because she believes the newspaper “has a long-standing reputation for twisting and contorting comments within our community.”

MARION, Kansas (AP) — The prosecutor in Marion County, Kansas, said Wednesday that police should return all seized material to a weekly newspaper that was raided by officers in a

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 Justice Information System.

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.

A prosecutor says police should return laptops and phones taken during the raid of a small Kansas weekly newspaper last week. The prosecutor says the raid wasn't supported by evidence.

At The Joplin Globe, we know a little something about needing help from our colleagues — and about watching those same colleagues rally around us.

Questions remain over the legality of last week’s raid on the Marion County Record, which was investigating the new town police chief.

Judge Laura Viar signed a warrant to allow police to raid the newspaper over claims it illegally obtained DUI information about a business owner. It turns out Viar reportedly has two DUIs of her own.