EMPORIA – The 21st season of the Red Rocks State Historic Site in Emporia opens with a blockbuster presentation by Marion County Record publisher Eric Meyer: “Seized! The Marion County Record Raid.” The first program, on Sunday, May 31, 2 p.m. at the William Lindsay White Civic Auditorium Little Theatre, 111 E. Sixth Ave., embodies this year’s theme of ‘Journalism and Kansas.’
Who can forget the unprecedented raid on the newspaper just down the road from Emporia in Marion? The August 2023 raid, fueled by small-town animosities and later deemed both illegal and illegitimate, garnered international attention that spotlighted the precarious position of freedom of the press in today’s United States. This riveting FREE program will be held at the William Lindsay White Civic Auditorium Little Theatre, 111 E. Sixth Ave., at 2 p.m.
