Editing Marion, Kansas (section)

===21st century===
[[File:Downtown marion kansas 2009.jpg|thumb|right|Marion business district (2009)]]

====2023 newspaper raid====
{{Main|Marion County Record#2023 police raid}}

In August 2023, Marion County police raided the newspaper ''[[Marion County Record]]'', its owners, and a local city council member.  The police had received information that the paper had obtained, allegedly from a confidential source (it was later shown that legal public sources were used) that a local business owner had an unresolved drunk driving conviction and continued to drive for many months without a driving license.  The newspaper did not publish this legally obtained information.<ref name="Reflector-20230811">{{cite news|title=Police stage 'chilling' raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones|url=https://kansasreflector.com/2023/08/11/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-marion-county-newspaper-seizing-computers-records-and-cellphones/ |work=[[Kansas Reflector]]|date=August 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811213004/https://kansasreflector.com/2023/08/11/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-marion-county-newspaper-seizing-computers-records-and-cellphones/|archive-date=August 11, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=August 13, 2023 |title=A central Kansas police force sparked a firestorm by raiding a newspaper and the publisher's home |url=https://apnews.com/article/marion-kansas-newspaper-raid-aca057365ea3925328a69acd615c9893|access-date=August 15, 2023 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Police seized phone, computer from town official the same day as Kansas newspaper raid |url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article278220882.html |website=Kansas City Star}}</ref>