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Credit: AP The board hired former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to probe the village’s finances last year, and she found Dolton’s bank accounts had been depleted.
The board hired former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to probe the village's finances last year, and she found Dolton's bank accounts had been depleted.
The board hired former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to probe the village’s finances last year, and she found Dolton’s bank accounts had been depleted.
Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home can now be bought - Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to acquire his childhood home ...
The mayor agreed with some trustees who compared Pope Leo XIV's childhood home to the homes of other popes, and how historical acknowledgement of those homes has only benefited communities.
The Dolton Village Board voted unanimously to purchase Pope Leo XIV's childhood home on Tuesday night.
The value of the property, which stands along East 141st Place in Dolton, skyrocketed after Robert Prevost was elected pope.
Dolton Mayor Jason House described the purchase of the pope's childhood home as a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" during a public meeting last week.
A village in Chicago’s south suburbs is poised to purchase Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home after its board voted unanimously on Tuesday to take control of the property.
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Burt Odelson, Dolton’s attorney behind the deal, said that the owner agreed to sell amid threats of Dolton taking the house via eminent domain.