Nation Aug 13 Ex-Kansas police chief who led raid on small-town newspaper charged with obstruction of justice By Associated Press
Nation Jan 23 Kansas lawmakers want a report on last year’s police raid of a weekly newspaper Thirty-five Democrats and 10 Republicans in the Kansas House have introduced a resolution condemning the Aug. 11 raid of the Marion County Record's offices and the home of its publisher in central Kansas. By John Hanna, Associated Press
Nation Oct 02 Kansas police chief who led raid on small weekly newspaper has resigned, official says The police chief who led an August raid on a small weekly newspaper in central Kansas has resigned, days after he was suspended from his post. By John Hanna, Summer Ballentine, Associated Press
Nation Sep 30 Mayor suspends police chief who led raid of rural Kansas newspaper’s office The police chief who led a highly criticized raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended, the mayor confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday. By Summer Ballentine, Associated Press
Nation Aug 30 Kansas reporter files federal lawsuit against police chief who raided her newspaper’s office One of the reporters who works at the small Kansas newspaper that was raided by authorities earlier this month filed a federal lawsuit against the police chief Wednesday. By Josh Funk, Associated Press
Aug 22 Video of police raid on home of Kansas newspaper publisher shows 98-year-old mother upset By John Hanna, Jim Salter, Associated Press Joan Meyer died a day later. Her son said he believes that the stress contributed to her death. Continue reading
Aug 21 The online search spurring a raid on a local Kansas paper was legal, a state agency says By John Hanna, Associated Press Spokesperson Zack Denney said Monday that it's legal to access the agency's driver’s license database using information obtained independently. Continue reading
Aug 16 Kansas prosecutor says material seized in police raid of Marion County newspaper should be returned By John Hanna, Associated Press Even without computers, cellphones and other equipment taken in the raid, the new edition of the Marion County Record made it to newsstands Wednesday after a frenzied scramble. Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch 6:47 Editor of Marion County Record discusses possible motives behind police raid of newsroom By William Brangham, Courtney Norris, Shoshana Dubnow Police officers in Marion, Kansas, are under fire after raiding the newsroom of the town’s local newspaper, confiscating computers, cellphones and other materials. Marion County Record publisher and editor Eric Meyer said his 98-year-old mother collapsed and died following a… Continue watching