{"id":2000102,"date":"2023-08-14T14:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elderly-owner-of-small-town-kansas-newspaper-dies-from-stress-after-police-raid-report\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T14:33:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:33:35","slug":"elderly-owner-of-small-town-kansas-newspaper-dies-from-stress-after-police-raid-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elderly-owner-of-small-town-kansas-newspaper-dies-from-stress-after-police-raid-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly Kansas Newspaper Owner Dies Due to Stress After Police Raid: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felderly-owner-of-small-town-kansas-newspaper-dies-from-stress-after-police-raid-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2000102&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Tragic Loss:\u200b 98-Year-Old Newspaper Co-Owner \u200dDies \u2064Following Stressful\u2062 Police Raid<\/h2>\n<p>The small-town Kansas newspaper, Marion County Record, is mourning \u200cthe loss of its 98-year-old co-owner, Joan Meyer. According\u2064 to \u200bthe paper, Meyer \u2064passed\u200b away due\u200b to the immense \u200cstress \u200dcaused by a recent police raid on the publication&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Stressed beyond\u200d her limits and overwhelmed by hours of shock and grief \u200bafter illegal police raids \u2062on her home and the Marion County \u200cRecord newspaper office Friday, 98-year-old\u200b newspaper co-owner Joan Meyer, otherwise \u2062in good health for \u2064her age, collapsed Saturday afternoon and\u2063 died at her home,&#8221; reported the paper.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meyer&#8217;s son, Eric Meyer, who serves as the editor and \u2064publisher of the Marion Country Record, expressed his criticism \u2063of the\u200b law \u2064enforcement action that he believes led\u200b to \u200dhis mother&#8217;s tragic death. He described the raid as &#8220;Gestapo tactics from World War II.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/police-in-kansas-execute-chilling-raid-on-small-town-newspaper-seizing-phones-and-computers-5461508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earlier reports<\/a> revealed \u2062that four Marion police officers and three sheriff&#8217;s\u200d deputies conducted the raid, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elderly-owner-of-small-town-kansas-newspaper-dies-from-stress-after-police-raid-report\/\" title=\"Elderly Kansas Newspaper Owner Dies Due to Stress After Police Raid: Report\">seizing personal cell \u200cphones<\/a>\u2062 and computers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border border-[#D3D3D3] px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/police-in-kansas-execute-chilling-raid-on-small-town-newspaper-seizing-phones-and-computers-5461508\">Police in Kansas Execute &#8216;Chilling&#8217; Raid on Small-Town Newspaper, Seize Phones and\u2064 Computers<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/12\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/kansas-officer-wounded-in-weekend-shootout-that-killed-a-car-chase-suspect-has-died-of-injuries-5452471\">Kansas Officer Wounded in Weekend \u200dShootout \u2064That Killed a \u200cCar \u2062Chase Suspect Has \u200cDied\u200c of Injuries<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/8\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The \u200blegality of the search warrant used in the raid has been \u2063questioned. \u200bThe warrant, which allowed law enforcement officers to seize items related to allegations of identity \u200ctheft and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powell-illegal-algorithms-fractionalized-votes-in-2020\/\" title=\"Powell: Illegal algorithms fractionalized votes in 2020\">illegal computer<\/a> use, may have violated federal protections for journalists. Normally, a subpoena\u200c is required to search and seize materials from journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy \u2063surrounding the raid, Marion County Police Chief\u200c Gideon Cody defended the actions, stating that there may be exceptions to the subpoena requirement if there is reason to believe the journalist is involved in wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Eric Meyer plans \u2062to take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-canvassers-rescind-their-votes-to-certify-wayne-county-michigan-results\/\" title=\"Republican Canvassers Rescind Their Votes to Certify Wayne County, Michigan, Results\">legal action<\/a> \u2063against the city of Marion and the individuals\u2063 involved in the raid, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-in-kansas-execute-chilling-raid-on-small-town-newspaper-seizing-phones-and-computers\/\" title=\"Police in Kansas Execute \u2018Chilling\u2019 Raid on Small-Town Newspaper, Seizing Phones and Computers\">seeking maximum sanctions<\/a>\u200c under the law.<\/p>\n<h2>Details Uncovered<\/h2>\n<p>The raid appears to be linked to a dispute between the newspaper and local business owner\u200b Kari Newell. Allegations suggest that the \u200dnewspaper obtained Newell&#8217;s personal information illegally, prompting her to accuse the paper of disseminating \u2063the documents at \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayor-of-charlottesville-pens-vulgar-poem-likening-city-to-rapist\/\" title=\"Mayor Of Charlottesville Pens Vulgar Poem Likening City To Rapist\">city council meeting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According\u200c to a confidential source,\u200b Newell had \u200cbeen convicted of drunken \u200cdriving and continued \u200dto drive without a\u2063 license. The Record verified this information \u200bbut chose not to publish a story about it, suspecting a setup. Instead, they contacted\u200c the police.<\/p>\n<p>Press \u200dfreedom watchdogs \u200band media organizations have condemned the\u200c raid, citing concerns \u200babout\u200b government\u200b intrusion and potential violations of the First Amendment&#8217;s free press guarantees.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:640px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>An empty spot on reporter Phyllis Zorn&#8217;s desk shows where the\u200b tower for her computer sat before law enforcement officers seized it in a raid on the Marion County Record, in Marion County, Kan., on Aug. 13, 2023. (John Hanna\/AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>and office, the 98-year-old co-owner of a Kansas newspaper tragically passed away. The Marion County Record, the target of the search, reported that the immense stress caused her demise. She was pushed beyond her limits, enduring hours of shock and grief from the unlawful actions of the police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":2000103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}