Dolton village trustees vote to buy Pope Leo XIV's childhood home What was once an average home in Chicago's south suburbs has now received national attention for being the childhood home of Pope ...

DOLTON, Ill. (WGN) — The Village of Dolton is now one step closer to owning Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home. The board unanimously approved the purchase on Tuesday night amid a special board ...

DOLTON, Ill. — Police are investigating a serious crash in Dolton on Friday that left three people hospitalized. According to a spokesperson for the Village of Dolton, the collision happened at ...

DOLTON, Ill. (WLS) -- A local cleaning company says the village of Dolton owes them nearly $13,000. The business owner says they were hired to clean the Dolton Police Department, when, all of a ...

Dolton officials have no firm plan for the property, Odelson said, and it's not necessarily to create a museum in the house. "We want to control it.

Dolton had a dozen murders in 2023, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. About 20,000 people live in the village, meaning the homicide rate is about 10 times the national average.

But then, “it just went down.” Dolton’s median household income was $32,982 in 1986 — more than $97,000 in today’s money — compared to $57,700 today.

Dolton residents and officials say they hope a hometown hero elected pope will go a long way toward reversing the village’s tarnished image. Dan Lee, a longtime Dolton resident, said Robert ...

DOLTON, ILLINOIS MAYOR TIFFANY HENYARD, OTHERS HIT WITH FEDERAL LAWSUIT OVER FIGHT AT MEETING "Not only is Ms. Henyard depriving the public of what they deserve, it’s costing the village money ...

Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard mismanaged the south suburban village’s finances through “excessive” spending, hid financial information from trustees and the public, and skirted efforts aimed ...

Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard will be losing some of her political power after a historic caucus Tuesday night. The Illinois “super mayor” lost the Democratic nomination for Thornton Township ...