WBEZ Weekly News Recap, November 5, 2021

More officials are fired in the lifeguard scandal. A judge tosses out convictions tied to a corrupt cop. The Kyle Rittenhouse trial begins.

Chicago Park District
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Chicago Park District
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WBEZ Weekly News Recap, November 5, 2021

More officials are fired in the lifeguard scandal. A judge tosses out convictions tied to a corrupt cop. The Kyle Rittenhouse trial begins.

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Three top Chicago Park officials are fired over lifeguard sexual assault scandal and the standoff over vaccine mandates between Mayor Lightfoot and the head of the Fraternal Order of Police continues.

Reset goes behind the week’s headlines on the Weekly news Recap.

GUESTS: Kim Bellware, national and breaking news reporter for the Washington Post; Kelly Bauer, breaking news editor at Block Club Chicago