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Dolton hopes ties to Pope Leo XIV will burnish town’s image and spur growth
Dolton residents and officials hope native Robert Prevost’s election as pope will improve an image soured by Mayor Tiffany ...
House flipper’s $66K investment turns holy overnight
After last week’s election of Pope Leo XIV, the home at 212 East 141st Place in Dalton has turned into a full-blown tourist ...
Critic of embattled Dolton, Illinois mayor sees business destroyed by ‘suspicious’ fire: officials
Illinois authorities are investigating a "suspicious" fire that destroyed a local business belonging to a vocal critic of an ...
New Dolton Mayor Jason House sworn in as residents hope to turn page
Jason House's name was placed on the Village of Dolton Municipal Building weeks ago. But on Monday night, he was sworn in to ...
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Pope’s old Dolton house tells a familiar south suburban story
Like Pope Leo XIV, who turns out to be a regular South Sider who follows the White Sox, the Dolton house where he grew up is ...
Dolton picks new village administrator, chief of staff in flurry of appointments
The Dolton Village Board approved several new appointments , cut ties with the village administrator and issued business ...
Cardinal Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, is the first pope from the United States
Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. He grew up in Dolton and attended St. Mary of the Assumption. A childhood friend said ...
The Windy City celebrates 'Da Pope'
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago and raised in the south suburb of Dolton, where even his old house has become a point of pilgrimage.