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Sharon Kelsey had come to the Marion County Record on Monday afternoon to place resurrection lilies next to a red newspaper box outside the weekly paper in the small central-Kansas

Eric Meyer, owner and publisher of The Marion County Record, in his office. Courtesy of the Kansas Reflector By Sherman Smith MARION — Marion County Record staff worked through the night to publish the paper’s weekly edition as scheduled Wednesday, days after police raided the newsroom and confiscated computers, cellphones and other items.

NEW YORK — Tensions between public officials and the press are hardly unusual. To a large extent, it’s baked into their respective roles.

TOPEKA (KSNT)- Republican U.S. Representative Jake LaTurner weighed in on last week’s police raid of a local newspaper in his district.  During a roundtable event in Topeka on Thursday, LaTurner told reporters that the raid, where computers and cellphones were confiscated, was an “unfortunate situation.” “It’s an unfortunate situation what’s happened in Marion,” LaTurner said. […]

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Returned computers, laptops, cell phones, and more are now at Semke Forensic in Liberty after a firestorm of anger and an order from the Marion County Attorney

The raid on a small weekly newspaper in Kansas by law enforcement shows it could happen to any media outlet, a South Dakota Newspaper Association official says.

"The Marion County Record should sue not only to deter future searches of its newsroom, but to protect journalists and news outlets around the country from future illegal raids," said [...]

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