By Carole SharwarkoThe Lansing JournalDec. 3, 2024Reposted with permission. Embattled Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard lost her bid for the Democratic nomination to keep her seat. Delegates gathered for the Democratic Caucus on Dec. 3 instead roared their approval for the slate put forth by Committeeman Napoleon Harris. As Henyard[Read More…]
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Many left waiting in cold for Democratic caucus
By Paul CzapkowiczThe Lansing JournalDec. 3, 2024Reposted with permission. Few by frozen few, people who attended a Thornton Township Caucus of the Democratic Party on Tuesday night were let into the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Auditorium. The slow process of checking people in left them exposed to the frigid weather, and[Read More…]
There are Republicans in Thornton Township; they held the other caucus Tuesday night
By Melanie JongsmaThe Lansing JournalDec. 3, 2024Reposted with permission. About 15 people gathered at Heritage House in South Holland Tuesday night to hold a Republican Caucus. The Republican Committee put together a slate of candidates for Thornton Township elected offices. After some waiting, some rearranging, and some recruiting, a vote[Read More…]
Thornton Township Board meeting becomes a showdown
By Melanie JongsmaThe Lansing JournalJuly 16, 2024 The stage was set before the July 16 meeting of the Thornton Township Board began, though The Lansing Journal didn’t learn the context until later. Unnamed members of the board had submitted five proposed ordinances to be included as items on the July 16[Read More…]
Tiffany Henyard on the ‘brainwashed’ decision to vote against mental health referendum
By Josh BootsmaLansing JournalOriginally published March 26, 2024 It was standing room only at the Thornton Township Board of Trustees Special Meeting Monday night, as trustees heard comments from the public, approved the agenda for the upcoming annual town hall meeting, voted on a settlement agreement, and heard thoughts from[Read More…]
Public denied access to Thornton Township Board meeting
By Josh BootsmaThe Lansing JournalOriginally published Feb. 14, 2024 The February 13 meeting of the Thornton Township Board of Trustees lasted four minutes. But the public was not allowed to witness it. A man at township headquarters wearing a black sweatshirt that read “SECURITY” directed members of the public to[Read More…]
Thornton Township Board declares Assessor ‘absent from duties’
Josh BootsmaThe Lansing Journal The Thornton Township Board of Trustees passed a motion Tuesday night to declare Township Assessor Cassandra Elston “absent from her duties,” and order her to return to her office. The vote saw Trustees Darlene Gray-Everett, Jerry Jones, and Carmen Carlisle, as well as Supervisor Tiffany Henyard,[Read More…]
Locked out: Thornton Township Assessor no longer able to keep taxpayer info secure
By Melanie JongsmaThe Lansing Journal “My concern is, we have confidential, sensitive papers that are now in a common area,” said Thornton Township Assessor Cassandra Elston this morning (June 7). When Elston came to work yesterday, she found that the locks on her office door had been changed and her[Read More…]
Residents voice praise and concerns at Thornton Township annual meeting; supervisor accuses media of ‘defamation of character’
This story by Quinton R. Arthur originally was published in the Lansing Journal on April 13. Thornton Township held its Annual Township Meeting on Tuesday, April 11. Residents within the township were invited to participate in the meeting, and roughly 100 people filled the basement of Thornton Township’s South Holland headquarters for the[Read More…]