The initial online Search of a state website that led a Kansas police chief to raid a local newspaper was legal, according to a spokesperson for the agency that maintains the website. The Marion County Record remains under investigation after accusations of illegally accessing information about a restaurant owner. The police chief obtained warrants to search the newspaper's offices and the homes of its publisher and a City Council member. The newspaper and the council member deny soliciting the information in question. The raid has sparked a debate about press freedoms and exposed divisions in the community.

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