Event organizer Tina Wren speaks to the Juneteenth crowd. The Sauk Valley Diversity Alliance hosted a Juneteenth Celebration Event on Saturday, June 21st, 2025 at the Grandon Civic Center in Sterling. (Brian Hurley)
Brian Hurley for Shaw Local
From Jersey.....Moved to Illinois in 1974
B.S (Journalism) NIU, started at The Sterling Gazette as News Photog, then Pre-press, then Pressman, then Corporate Software Trainer (Shaw Media), then IT Specialist (Shaw Media), then ........