Three years after police raid on Kansas newspaper, reporter settles lawsuit for $850K

By: Sherman Smith

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: August 11, 2026

Words: 1,352

Last Updated: 6 days, 12 hours ago

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TOPEKA — Phyllis Zorn, the reporter whose acts of journalism served as an excuse for the August 2023 police raid of the Marion County Record, will get $850,000 from the city of Marion to settle her federal lawsuit over the raid.

Attorneys for Zorn and the city filed a motion Tuesday, exactly three years after the raid, to dismiss the case. Kansas Reflector reviewed a copy of the settlement agreement, which has not been entered …

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