WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: July 8, 2022

The first funerals for the Highland Park shooting victims begin today. Meanwhile, Mayor Lightfoot says she’s not surprised by council turnover.

By Andrea Guthmann
A makeshift memorial in downtown Highland Park honors those who lost their lives during the mass shooting at the city’s Fourth of July parade.
A makeshift memorial in downtown Highland Park honors those who lost their lives during the mass shooting at the city’s Fourth of July parade. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ
A makeshift memorial in downtown Highland Park honors those who lost their lives during the mass shooting at the city’s Fourth of July parade.
A makeshift memorial in downtown Highland Park honors those who lost their lives during the mass shooting at the city’s Fourth of July parade. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: July 8, 2022

The first funerals for the Highland Park shooting victims begin today. Meanwhile, Mayor Lightfoot says she’s not surprised by council turnover.

By Andrea Guthmann
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A devastating Fourth of July massacre in Highland Park, a prison sentence for former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson and NASCAR racing through Chicago streets.

Reset takes a deep dive into these stories and more in the Weekly News Recap.

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