A postscript to small town drama wherein the ENTIRE WORLD pushed back against an obvious crackdown on community newspaper freedom of the press . . . And/or . . . What seemed like a very ill-advised personal favor regarding a story that nobody cared about in the first place . . . Check-it . . .
Chief District Court Judge Ben Sexton ruled that the City of Marion acted in “bad faith” and attempted to make the Kansas Open Records Act “useless.”
Sexton granted the newspaper's motion for partial summary judgment against the city in regard to the KORA request for the former police chief of Marion, Kansas, Gideon Cody's texts.
Cody claimed that reporters with the Record, Phyllis Zorn and Eric Meyer, committed identity theft by obtaining information about a local restaurant owner's driving history.
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Judge rules in favor of Marion County Record in open records case
A state judge ruled Friday in favor of the Marion County Record, a news organization raided by police back in August of 2023, in an open records case filed by the newspaper.
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