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KC broadcast station subpoenaed for unaired interview footage

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 26, 2022
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Targets: KMBC 9 News

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Oct. 26, 2022: Pending
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

Journalists moved from Kansas Senate floor to public gallery for new legislative session

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 4, 2022
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Sen. Ty Masterson

Army soldier indicted for disclosing bomb-making techniques mentioned news media as targets

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 21, 2019
Location: Fort Riley, Kansas
Targets: CNN

Other Incident

Journalists subpoenaed in criminal case involving intimidation, blackmail of the news organizations

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 10, 2019
Location: Independence, Kansas
Targets: Andy Taylor (Montgomery County Chronicle), Josh Umholtz (The Independence Daily Reporter), The Independence Daily Reporter

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Sep. 10, 2019: Pending
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Judge dismisses defamation suit against Kansas City Star

Incident Details

Updated On: October 30, 2019
Date of Incident: July 2, 2019
Location: Johnson County, Kansas
Targets: Steve Rose (The Kansas City Star), The Kansas City Star

Other Incident

Reporters removed from Kansas Senate floor, threatened with loss of press passes

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 29, 2019
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Targets: Alec Gartner (KSNT News), John Hanna (The Associated Press), Jonathan Shorman (The Kansas City Star), Sherman Smith (The Topeka Capital-Journal)

Government agency or public official involved →: Kansas State Senate