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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly expects the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to review the decision-making process of law enforcement officials in Marion County who raide

“A small ... police department is facing a torrent of criticism for raiding a local newspaper’s office and the home of its owner and publisher, seizing computers and cellphones, and,

The Marion County Record staff worked non-stop Tuesday afternoon in order to make their deadline for the papers next edition, saying even though they are at the center of attention and are facing man

In a small city in Kansas, local police last week raided a community newspaper’s office, as well as the home of the paper’s co-owners, seizing computers, telephones and files. It

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

This editorial was originally published in the Kansas City Star and was distributed by The Associated Press.

A small newspaper and a police department in Kansas are at the center of a dispute over freedom of speech after police raided the office of the local newspaper and the home of its owner and publisher. Marion police confiscated computers and cellphones from the publisher and staff of the Marion County Record in the Friday raid. The police searches were apparently prompted by a complaint from a local restaurant owner who accused the newspaper of invading her privacy after it obtained copies of her...

Aug. 14—MARION, Kan.

Readers of the Marion County Record in rural Kansas won’t be reading 98-year-old Joan Meyer’s folksy “Memories” column this week. Or ever again.

It’s the stuff of a totalitarian regime: Police raided the offices and the home of the publisher of a small-town newspaper known for holding public officials accountable.