A judge ruled that the City of Marion has to pay the Marion County Record close to $80,000 in attorney fees for violating the Kansas Open Records Act.

Marion Colton Vernon passed away March 3 at age 94. Born November 26, 1930 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, her family moved to Kansas City and then Topeka, Kansas, when Marion was 8. Marion graduated ...

A Kansas judge Monday outlined the rules for cameras in the courtroom during proceedings in the case of former Marion, Kansas, police chief Gideon Cody.

TOPEKA — Kansas Reflector and other news outlets have asked a district judge to reject former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody’s attempt to banish cameras from court proceedings in his criminal ...

The former Marion police chief is charged with felony obstruction of justice and is accused of persuading a potential witness for a probe into his conduct of withholding information from authorities.

Marion County Record editor and publisher Eric Meyer takes a smoke break on July 25, 2024, at the back door to his newspaper office — where police entered during the raid. (Grace Hills/Kansas ...

Marion County Record editor and publisher Eric Meyer takes a smoke break on July 25, 2024, at the back door to his newspaper office — where police entered during the raid. (Grace Hills/Kansas ...

Prosecutors in Kansas have announced plans to charge the former police chief in the city of Marion with obstruction of justice for his involvement in a police raid last August targeting the town ...

Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett and Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson have issued a final report on the raid on the Marion County Record.

This story is part of a series by Kansas Reflector and The Handbasket to examine the one-year anniversary of the raid on the Marion County Record. Support independent journalism by subscribing to ...

Kansas prosecutors will receive facts about the Marion County case from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Following a police raid on a Kansas newspaper, a third federal lawsuit has been filed. Marion County Record's officer manager, Cheri Bentz, filed the lawsuit on Friday, naming the city of Marion ...