Hoffman asked to look for missing children

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is asking Hoffman Estates-area residents to be on the lookout for two boys from downstate Bloomington believed to be kidnapped by their father sometime Sunday.

The two boys, Duncan G. Connolly, 9, and Jack D. Connolly, 7, went missing Sunday, the " target="new">National Center for Missing Exploited Children said on its Web site Monday. Also missing is their father, 40-year-old Michael Connolly. A felony kidnapping warrant was issued for Michael on Monday, officials said. They may be in the Hoffman Estates area in a gray Dodge Dynasty with license plates A326109, officials said.

Both boys are Asian and have brown hair and brown eyes; Duncan is described as 3'6" tall and Jack is about 3'4" tall, according to the Web site. A description of Michael was not available; calls to Bloomington police went unanswered late Monday.