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Dolton man faces armed robbery charges in Hammond Walgreens robbery

Chicago Tribune 24 Dec 2025
A 33-year-old Dolton man, who police have suspected has committed multiple Walgreens robberies in Illinois, faces armed robbery charges after stealing money and cigarettes from a Walgreens in Hammond. Marvis Boyd Jr ... Dec. 8, according to court records.
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Indiana maternal, infant mortality data in the spotlight amid Dolton woman’s experience

Chicago Tribune 29 Nov 2025
Dolton resident Mercedes Wells was discharged from Franciscan Health Crown Point hospital early Sunday because nurses told her that labor wasn't progressing and she was only dilated 3 cm, according to the family.
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Dolton mom turned away from hospital during labor calls for changes to maternal health

Chicago Sun-Times 26 Nov 2025
A Dolton mother says she is still processing the trauma of delivering her baby in a truck on the side of the road, just days after staff at a northwest Indiana hospital told her to leave ... in Dolton.
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Dolton mom turned away by Crown Point doctor is back in hospital with post-birth issues

Chicago Sun-Times 25 Nov 2025
A Dolton woman is back in the hospital days after she gave birth in a truck on the side of the road after being told by staff at a northwest Indiana hospital to leave, according to her family.
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Dolton mom forced to give birth roadside spotlights racism in health care

Chicago Sun-Times 25 Nov 2025
Both my boys were born in Evanston ... "Why Evanston?" I asked my wife ... Plus ... Opinion bug ... Such as with Mercedes Wells, the Dolton woman who was met with "blank stares" and turned away from Franciscan Health Crown Point even though she was in active labor.
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Former Dolton police Chief Lewis Lacey, a Tiffany Henyard ally, enters plea in bankruptcy case

Chicago Tribune 25 Nov 2025
Former Dolton police Chief Lewis Lacey, an ally to former Mayor Tiffany Henyard, has made a plea deal on federal bankruptcy fraud charges first brought in August 2024 ... Lacey was with the Dolton Police Department from September 1998 to Aug.
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Dolton woman told to leave while in labor back at hospital with complications

Chicago Tribune 24 Nov 2025
A Dolton woman who was discharged while in labor at Franciscan Health Crown Point is receiving care for post-birth issues, a family member said ... Wells was told that her body is suffering from trauma following the birth of her fourth daughter, Alena.
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Doctor, nurse fired after Indiana hospital turned Dolton women away minutes before she gives birth

Chicago Sun-Times 22 Nov 2025
A video of the incident on social media shows Mercedes Wells, who is from Dolton, being wheeled out of the hospital. Family members said hospital staff told the woman to come back later, even though she was in active labor.
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Franciscan fires two employees after Dolton woman turned away while in labor

Chicago Tribune 21 Nov 2025
Franciscan Health Crown Point President and CEO Raymond Grady responded to claims by Mercedes Wells, a Dolton woman, that she was told to leave the hospital while in active labor ... 18, 2025 ... (Maya Wilkins/Post-Tribune) ... “We failed to listen to Mrs.
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Dolton says former Mayor Tiffany Henyard should be responsible for attorneys fees in FOIA lawsuit

Journal Gazette 14 Nov 2025
TINLEY PARK — Dolton is looking to force former Mayor Tiffany Henyard to pay at least some of the legal fees for nonprofit Edgar County Watchdogs in a lawsuit alleging violations of the Freedom of Information Act ... People are also reading… ... .
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Riverdale 19-year-old shot, killed in Dolton

Chicago Tribune 11 Nov 2025
144th St., Dolton police said Tuesday. Officers found Emmanuel Donaldson with an apparent gun shot wound at about 7 p.m., a Dolton ...
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Dolton board prematurely settled sexual assault lawsuit, attorney says

Chicago Tribune 30 Oct 2025
Those who brought a lawsuit alleging sexual assault and battery by Dolton Trustee Andrew Holmes say the Dolton Village Board approved a settlement agreement before by both sides agreed ... During a Dolton meeting Oct.
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Priest starts 50-day walk from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton for immigrant children

Dispatch Argus 08 Oct 2025
Rev. Gary Graf said one reason he is walking is because his own great-grandparents were immigrants who arrived through Ellis Island ... .
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Dolton settles sexual harassment lawsuit involving Trustee Andrew Holmes and former Mayor Tiffany Henyard

Chicago Tribune 07 Oct 2025
The Dolton Village Board voted Monday to approve settlements in a former village employee’s sexual harassment lawsuit that named Trustee Andrew Holmes and former Mayor Tiffany Henyard as defendants.
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Priest starts 50-day walk from Pope Leo\u2019s childhood home in Dolton for immigrant children

Journal Gazette 07 Oct 2025
Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day pilgrimage Monday from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York to bring attention to the cause of immigrant children ... in Dolton, Oct.

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