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Lightfoot says it's unconscionable that Solis would be given a deal that would drop bribery charges against him for wearing a wire that led to the indictments of Ald. Ed Burke and former House Speaker Michael Madigan.

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• Carjackings have tripled in Lake View. A Tuesday night carjacking near Clark Street was the second of the week and the 12th of the year in the neighborhood, which had four carjacking reports at this point last year, none by this time in 2020, and one in 2019. (CWB)
• The Land of 'Oz is now permanently in the suburbs. After dropping the price twice and moving to suburban Homer Glen, Ozzie Guillen sold his Near West Side condo for $410,000. (Patch)
• It's been 30 years since the Great Chicago Flood, when the Chicago River flooded downtown through a crack in abandoned underground tunnels in the Loop. Sandbags, dirt, stones and even mattresses were used to plug the hole. (Patch)
• The man suspected of shooting up a Brooklyn, New York subway was a resident of the Aragon Arms Hotel in the Uptown neighborhood until 2017. Frank James always paid his bills on time, but was evicted in 2017 due to his conduct, Megan Hickey reports (Patch)
• "I’ve got to do something to help these kids. I have to help them get out of their heads; get off the block. I’ve had kids that graduated high school and have never seen the Chicago River," Crystal Dyer said. The grandmother launched Chicago Austin Youth Travel Adventures to see the world. She's raising money to send 15 kids to Africa. (NBC5)
• The Cubs plan to honor Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins with a statue at Wrigley Field next month. The 79-year-old former pitcher played 10 seasons with the Cubs. (WGN)

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