Kansas County Agrees To Pay $3 Million Over Law Enforcement Raid on a Small-Town Newspaper

The raid triggered a national debate about press freedom focused on Marion, a town of about 1,900 people about 150 miles southwest of Kansas City, Missouri.

Kansas Paper and Its Publisher Sue Over Police Raids. They Say Damages Exceed $10M

The lawsuit accuses the city of Marion, the Marion County Commission and five current and former local officials of violating free press rights.

A Reporter Is Suing a Kansas Town and Various Officials Over a Police Raid on Her Newspaper

The reporter's suit claims she was deprived of her press and speech freedoms and the protection from unreasonable police searches guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.