Thornton Township, Illinois board meeting ends in brawl
SOUTH HOLLAND , Ill. -- Punches were thrown and expletives flew as a brawl erupted during a Thornton Township Board meeting Tuesday night.Leaders of the south suburban Chicago township were forced to clear the hall and stop working, again, as the chaos erupted.The township board meting Tuesday night was the first in months. Embattled Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard made a rare appearance, and ended up getting int the fray herself.
Woods, Henyard's boyfriend, was also at the center of the Thornton Township Board of Trustees' agenda Tuesday night. The newest trustee, Stephanie Wiedeman, made a motion to put Woods and another employee, William Moore, on administrative leave.Woods was hired by Henyard to run the township youth program — and many on the board and in the community have questioned the work that Woods and Moore, also a Henyard ally, ever did in Thornton Township.
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