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Former police chief charged in Kansas newspaper raid that sparked outrage over press freedom

Prosecutors in Marion County charged former police chief with one felony count

The Independent UK

Brickbat: Hot Off the Press

City officials in Marion, Kansas, have agreed to pay $235,000 to remove the former police chief from a federal lawsuit brought by Deb Gruver, a former reporter with the Marion County Record. Last year, police raided the newspaper's offices, seizing computers, the newspaper's file server, and even personal cellphones. Police…

Reason

An Ohio man held a woman hostage in a ‘torture chamber’ for weeks. Now he’ll be trapped in prison for 50 years

Shane Edward Hooper used a baseball bat and metal chain as ‘instruments of torture’

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A Florida Man Was Arrested for Filming Marion County Sheriff's Deputies. Now He's Suing.

Numerous federal appeals courts have ruled that filming police is protected under the First Amendment, but police continue to illegally arrest people for it.

Reason

Driver Charged With DUI Manslaughter In Deadly Florida Bus Crash

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Driver of truck that hit farmworker bus in Florida, killing 8, arrested on DUI charges

The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a farmworker bus early Tuesday on charges of driving under the influence-manslaughter. At least 40 were injured.

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Two solar farms planned for construction in central Kentucky

Two new solar farms in Fayette County and Marion County are being planned for construction by the East Kentucky Power Cooperative.

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Brickbat: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

A Marion County, Florida, sheriff's deputy received a one-day suspension for using a police database to find the identity of a woman dating her ex-boyfriend. She was suspended an additional two days after a video was shared on Facebook of her attacking another woman at a party. The woman she…

Reason

Marion County police chief resigns over controversial raid on newspaper offices

The police chief’s resignation comes after he was suspended last week amid an investigation into the raid

The Independent UK

Girlfriend of Indiana fugitive arrested as he remains on run after being released from prison by mistake

Kevin Mason was missing for six-and-a-half hours before the Marion County Sheriff’s Office learned of his release

The Independent UK

Mother accused of watching boyfriend rape her seven-year-old daughter for months

Brandon Sloan ‘Brandy’ Hawkins, 43, and William Joe Beene III, 48, face five counts each of child rape

The Independent UK

Sheriff announces prison transport policy changes following killing of deputy

The Marion County sheriff in Indianapolis has announced changes to a prisoner transport policy following the killing of a sheriff’s deputy during an escape attempt

The Independent UK

‘Get out of my house!’ Video shows 98-year-old mother of Kansas newspaper publisher upset amid raid

A video released by the Marion County Record shows Joan Meyer confronting police who raided her home Aug. 11. Meyer died the next day. Her son, the newspaper’s editor, believes the stress of the raid contributed to her death.

Chicago Sun-Times

Small Kansas paper raided by police has a history of hard-hitting reporting

The family owned Marion County Record stands out for holding local officials accountable. That role is becoming increasingly rare as local newspapers vanish across the country.

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Judge who signed Kansas newspaper search warrant had 2 DUI arrests, reports say

The Marion County Record now has all of the devices police seized in a raid. Local newspapers report that the judge who signed the search warrant had two drunken driving arrests within a year.

The Guardian - US

Kansas newspaper raided by police to have seized items returned

Police raid on office of Marion County Record drew widespread condemnation by press freedom advocates

The Independent UK

Sheriff asks court to send suspect in deputy's strangulation death to Indiana prison system

The sheriff in Indiana's Marion County has filed court papers requesting that a man accused of killing a deputy be transferred to the custody of the state Department of Correction

Orlando Sentinel

Fla. woman accused of killing Ajike Owens charged with manslaughter, not murder

The state attorney for Marion County announced he formally filed a manslaughter charge against a woman accused of killing Ajike Owens, weeks after the shooting sparked protests amid raised racial tensions in Ocala.

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Gunman killed wife, daughter and three kids before torching home in horrific murder-suicide

Police were called to the scene of a suspected shooting in Marion County, Tennessee, but arrived to find the home ablaze and multiple dead gunshot vicitms inside including children

The Independent UK

Man kills wife, daughter and grandchildren in horror murder-suicide a year after she predicted attack

Gary Barnett killed five before setting fire to estranged wife’s home in Marion County, Tennessee, authorities say

Daily Mirror

Marion County: Six people killed including three kids as cop describes horror crime scene

A sheriff in Marion County, Tennessee described a possible murder-suicide as one of the 'worst' things' he had seen. Police responded to reports of a shooting and arrived to find a residence on fire

The Independent UK

White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor is arrested in Florida

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says a Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday

Reason

Brickbat: Dirty Hands

A report from the Tennessee Comptroller's Office found then-Marion County road superintendent Jim Hawk allowed a county employee to use county equipment to haul loads of county-owned dirt, which the employee sold for $50 to $75 per load. At least one load was delivered to Hawk's home. Hawk contended that…

The Independent UK

Truck driver arrested for suspected DUI over Oregon crash that left seven dead

The crash occured on I-5 in Marion County, south of Portland

The Independent UK

US seeks help to find out who shot 4 bald eagles in Arkansas

Federal and state wildlife authorities are asking for the public’s help in catching whoever might be responsible for the deaths of four bald eagles in Arkansas’ Marion County earlier this year

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