The Latest Breaking News from Marion County

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…

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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.

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.