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On Tuesday morning, the KSHB 41 I-Team continued its investigation into three raids, one of which took place at a Kansas newspaper, by paying a visit to the Marion police chief.

The police raids Friday of a local Kansas newspaper's office and the home of its owner have stunned news organizations around the United States, who are widely condemning the incident as a violation of the First Amendment. Last Friday morning, the police department in Marion County, Kansas, raided the offices of the local weekly newspaper…

That a judge would sign off on a search warrant allowing the preposterous and possibly illegal raids exemplifies just how quickly the First Amendment rights of journalists can be trampled on.

NEW YORK — Tensions between public officials and the press are hardly unusual. To a large extent, its baked into their respective roles. Whats rare in a de

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.

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.

MARION, Kansas — A small newspaper and a police department in Kansas are at the center of a dispute over freedom of speech that is being watched around the country

Multiple raids carried out by police in Kansas City on a newspaper and its staff continue to cause concerns over free speech rights.

Gideon Cody has damaged the reputation not only of his small town, but the entire state of Kansas. From Dion Lefler:

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.