Judge Cheryl Elliott Thornton can still remember the words of one of her middle school teachers as she was growing up in Houston in her younger years. "A teacher came up to me and said ...

Harris County's 164th District Court, a civil court, is on the ballot as a Democratic Party primary contest between incumbent Cheryl Elliott Thornton and challenger Joy Dawson Thomas. Thomas has ...

Saying the outsized personalities of Ann Arbor have a hard time finding consensus might be an understatement, but ask anyone about Cheryl Elliott and there's only one response. Respect and ...

Cheryl Elliott described her promotion to president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation as her dream job in 2001, and now that she's ready to retire, she won't change that description.