The Sauk Valley Diversity Alliance hosted a Juneteenth celebration Saturday, June 21, 2025, at Grandon Civic Center in Sterling.
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Brian Hurley for Shaw Local
From Jersey.....Moved to Illinois in 1974 B.S (Journalism) NIU in 78, 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 ........