This came nine days after a brawl in which Henyard's boyfriend and Henyard herself were involved. But Henyard's boyfriend, Kamal Woods, had already been suspended for work performance.

At the meeting, the board fired two township employees. As Jermont Terry reports, one of the workers the trustees fired was Kamal Woods, the boyfriend of Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard.

Board supervisor Tiffany Henyard and activist Jedidiah Brown traded barbs Wednesday, a day after Brown's comments about the embattled Henyard — who is also the mayor of Dolton — sparked a melee.

The meeting is also the first since an independent investigation​ found widespread financial mismanagement in the troubled south suburb.

One of the workers the trustees fired was Kamal Woods, the boyfriend of Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard. Woods ran the youth township program. Also fired was William Moore, also a Henyard ally.