A new mayor will take the gavel in Baxter Springs was the result in one of the few contested races in Tuesday’s election. Unofficial results indicated challenger Kelly Abbott defeated Baxter Springs Mayor Sherry Brown by a 22 vote margin.
While Scammon’s incumbent Mayor Jerry Grant was returned to office with an overwhelming 95 votes to challenger Chad Ruddick’s 20 votes.
County-wide less than 10-pe…