After a fight broke out at last week’s Thornton Township board meeting, the board’s attorney is asking the state for permission to hold meetings remotely.

Chaos erupted after community activist Jedidiah Brown called Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard an expletive.

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.

During the brawl, Supervisor Tiffany Henyard herself ran from her seat at the table in the front of the room to intervene.

This was also the first Dolton Village Board meeting since an independent investigation found widespread financial mismanagement in the troubled south suburb. As Jermont Terry reports, Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard was not there.

WGN Investigates has the inside story of bad blood that boiled over into a brawl during a board meeting in the south suburbs on Tuesday night. The altercation came after more

Thornton Township was prepared to get back to business Tuesday night, but a large fight broke out after an activist called Supervisor Tiffany Henyard an expletive.

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

A Dolton Village Board meeting tonight will be the first since a report about Mayor Tiffany Henyard came out. Henyard said she might not attend that meeting after a brawl broke out at a Thornton Township board meeting last week.