However, Marion County Record had been investigating the current head of the Marion Police Department (who transferred from the Kansas City Police Department in April). Shortly after his arrival, he ceased the long-running publication of weekly police activity reports. The paper investigated this. As a result, the newspaper was apparently not well received by the police chief.
Kansas newspaper says it investigated local police chief prior to newsroom raid(NPR)
https://news.wosu.org/npr-news/npr-news/2023-08-14/kansas-newspaper-says-it-investigated-local-police-chief-prior-to-newsroom-raid