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W E D N E S D A Y
January 28, 2026 Vol. 46, No. 30
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JOURNAL @oakpark
of Oak Park and River Forest
Hundreds gather on Oak Park bridge to protest Minnesota Border Patrol killing A few hundred protesters marched from Lincoln School to the Home Avenue bridge after CBP agent fatally shot man in Minneapolis
Special Section Page 14
Park leaders make case for indoor pool at Ridgeland Common By BOB SKOLNIK
Staff Reporter
See PROTEST on page 11
living
Skeptical questions, mention of shared access with Forest Park
By BRENDAN HEFFERNAN A few hundred protestors braved single-digit temperatures in Oak Park to take part in a demonstration following news that a Border Patrol agent had shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Saturday. Protestors marched several blocks from the campus of Lincoln Elementary School to the Home Avenue pedestrian bridge that arches over Interstate
SENIOR
Contributing Reporter
TODD BANNOR
Demonstrators protest ICE killings in Minneapolis on the Home Avenue pedestrian bridge over the Eisenhower Expressway on Jan. 24.
About 100 people, many of them skeptical, attended an hour-long public information session Jan. 22 on the proposal from the Park District of Oak Park to replace the Ridgeland Common outdoor swimming pool with an indoor aquatics facility. The $40 million March 17 tax hike referendum to pay for the new pool will be the focus of two additional 7 p.m. information sessions: See PARK POOL on page 20