With Dolton eyeing possible ownership of Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in the village, officials plan to name a portion of the street in front of the house in his honor. A ceremony is still to ...

DOLTON, Il. – They said this village didn't have a prayer. And then Leo came along. Plagued by the tempests of drugs, murder, corruption and other vices of biblical proportion for much of the ...

DOLTON, Ill. -- The Prevost family owned their home in Dolton, Illinois for nearly 50 years, raising their family there, including the son who would one day become the first American pope.

Park Forest police said they are investigating the shooting death of a 26-year-old Dolton man. Police said they were called at about 11:30 a.m. Thursday to the 0-100 block of Krotiak Street to ...

DOLTON, Ill. (WLS) -- From brawls to blessings, it has been quite a turn of events for the village of Dolton. Tourists are flocking to Pope Leo XIV's boyhood home in the south suburb. "We are very ...

Troopers are handling a fatal crash on I-88 westbound at IL Route 53 near Lisle. All westbound lanes are shut down and traffic is being diverted to I-355. ‼️Please avoid the area, seek an alternate ...

DOLTON, Ill. — There is a lot of interest in Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in Dolton, and the village is contemplating steps on how they can acquire it. “A lot of people have been coming [to ...

A U-Haul facility that was destroyed in a massive fire on Tuesday in south suburban Dolton, Illinois, also caught fire days earlier, and the owner believes both fires were suspicious. A ...

The Village of Dolton plans to purchase the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV. In a letter to New York-based Paramount Realty USA, attorney Burton Odelson wrote on behalf of the village that it ...