Two Douglas County communities will have new leaders after voters delivered big victories to challengers in Tuesday’s elections. Both Baldwin City and Eudora’s mayors lost re-election bids on Tuesday. In Baldwin City, incumbent Casey Simoneau lost to challenger Gerald “Gerry” ...

In a Lawrence City Commission race that featured two former mayors, two new faces came away with the victory on Tuesday night — Mike Courtney and Kristine Polian. Courtney and Polian, neither of whom has served on the City Commission before, each won a four-year term as the top vote-getters ...

9:55 p.m. Results in area races held steady throughout the night, giving victories to a new mayor in Baldwin City, and newcomers one both open city commission seats in Eudora. Incumbents, though, did well in the Eudora school district race. Here's a look at unofficial vote totals, with all ...

As Lawrence voters went to the polls on Election Day, the City Commission approved a few items as part of its consent agenda during a short meeting Tuesday night. The agenda for the meeting featured no items beyond a vote on the consent agenda — a group of items normally considered routine ...

Renter protections, affordability and the city's $130 million public works campus were among the big topics that Lawrence City Commission candidates discussed at a forum on Thursday evening, just days before the election. The forum at the Douglas County Fairgrounds was less than a week out ...

The Lawrence City Commission will still meet on election night next week, but with no items on its regular agenda. As of Thursday afternoon, when the meeting agenda for Tuesday was posted, all of the items the commission was scheduled to vote on were on its consent agenda. That is a group of ...