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• Facebook is buzzing with news that after 120 years, Mount Carmel High School officials are considering making the Woodlawn neighborhood school co-ed, due to declining enrollment. (NBC5)
• The race for the Republican nomination for Illinois governor is set to be decided Tuesday. A half-dozen men are vying for a chance to deny Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker a second term, Jonah Meadows reports. (Patch)
• "F---, Clarence Thomas," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Saturday to a crowd gathered to celebrate Pride festivities. "He thinks we are going to stand idly by while they take our rights." (Patch)
• Chip Mitchell reports on the Chicago cop who is finally facing discipline 16 years after getting caught up in a corruption scandal. "Even in a city with a notoriously slow police disciplinary process, Officer Thomas Sherry’s case stands out." (WBEZ)

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