Wednesday Journal

Took 74% of vote in Oak Park to seal county court bid oakpark.com/2026/03/24/kno… #wednesdayjournal #ElectionResults #CountyCourt #jarrettknox

State rep stuck to ground game as PACS piled on in 7th District oakpark.com/2026/03/24/for… #wednesdayjournal #lashawnford #7thcongressionaldistrict #LocalElections #PoliticalCampaign

Fritz Kaegi won’t be serving a third term as Cook County Assessor oakpark.com/2026/03/24/oak… #wednesdayjournal #fritzkaegi #cookcountyassessor #IllinoisPolitics

Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch took a major step forward in broadening his political power on Election Day oakpark.com/2026/03/24/wel… #wednesdayjournal #chriswelch #illinoishousespeaker

Defense for Straw, Agbughazaleh, Rabbit and Martin will get record of Federal influence, if it exists oakpark.com/2026/03/19/sta… #wednesdayjournal #oakparktrustee #brianstraw

BREAKING: Internal email obtained by Wednesday Journal says hospital will close patient care this week due to revenue system failures oakpark.com/2026/03/25/wes…

Real estate agent Shantel Franklin will be the first ever female state representative from the 8th House District oakpark.com/2026/03/19/fra… #wednesdayjournal #8thdistrict #shantelfranklin

Kina Collins finished fourth in the 7th district race, but she was Oak Park and River Forest’s top choice oakpark.com/2026/03/19/who… #wednesdayjournal #7thcongressionaldistrict #lashawnford #kinacollins

Plan to issue $40 million in bonds for indoor pool at Ridgeland Common rejected by over 75% of voters. oakpark.com/2026/03/17/vot… #wednesdayjournal #RidgelandCommon #IndoorPool #LocalVotes

April 16, join us for a conversation with author, Dr. Eve L. Ewing at Dominican University's Lund Auditorium. Dr. Ewing has written numerous books and has written for Marvel Comics! For tickets, click here! dom.edu/arts-minds

The Oak Park and River Forest High School boys’ water polo team has new leadership with Mark Hallman taking over the head coaching duties oakpark.com/2026/03/17/hal… #wednesdayjourna l#OakParkSports #WaterPolo #fenwickwaterpolo

Plan to issue $40 million in bonds for indoor pool at Ridgeland Common rejected by over 75% of voters oakpark.com/2026/03/17/vot… #wednesdayjournal #Ridgeland #IndoorPool

Developer Five Thirty One Partners will meet with village board oakpark.com/2026/03/17/pro… #wednesdayjournal #DeveloperMeeting #VillageBoard #FiveThirtyOnePartners

Oak Park’s plan to acquire the U.S. Bank building on Madison Street is in the hands of state lawmakers, and the first vote in Springfield on the matter may come soon oakpark.com/2026/03/17/sta… #wednesdayjournal #OakPark #USBankBuilding #MadisonStreet

This time Oak Park and River Forest High School has decided to hire its equity director from within oakpark.com/2026/03/17/pro… #wednesdayjournal #oprf #EquityDirector #DiversityAndInclusion

Under the guidance of veteran coach Beth Perez, the Oak Park and River Forest High School girls’ water polo team has been consistently solid oakpark.com/2026/03/17/opr… #wednesdayjournal #GirlsWaterPolo #OakPark #WaterPoloTeam #CoachBethPerez

Oak Park police are investigating reports that a man was robbed at gun point last week oakpark.com/2026/03/17/pol… #wednesdayjournal #OakParkPolice #CrimeReport

Drop in enrollment, pending deficit spending driving decision oakpark.com/2026/03/17/d97… #wednesdayjournal #EnrollmentDecline #SchoolBudget #SchoolFinance #district97

Local student and chef Edgar Ki makes his mark oakpark.com/2026/03/17/edg… #wednesdayjournal #LocalChef #EdgarKi #CulinaryArts

River Forest’s District 90 school board approved a new four-year teacher contract oakpark.com/2026/03/16/d90… #wednesdayjournal #RiverForest #District90 #TeacherContract