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217 Today: White Christmas opens at Parkland College to celebrate the holiday season

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Four people dressed in red pose in front of a tree on a theatre stage.
The cast and orchestra at the final dress rehearsal for White Christmas.
  • Photo: Chelsea Collier

Thursday, December 5, 2024

Today’s headlines:

  • Officials in Champaign have appointed Joan Walls as their next city manager, making her the town’s first African American to hold the position. 
  • Some health experts are concerned that the Secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Junior, could make getting a vaccine more difficult.
  • The decline in local newspapers nationwide has hit Illinois particularly hard.
  • Federal prosecutors say the son of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan scored a big payday – thanks, in part, to a government mole.

In today’s deep dive, we’ll learn about a new holiday musical opening tonight at Parkland College in Champaign.

217 Today is produced by Stephanie Mosqueda. Reporting today contributed by Anulika Ochuba, Kulsoom Khan, Michael Puente, Dave McKinney and Kimberly Schofield.

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Stephanie Mosqueda

Stephanie Mosqueda is a senior majoring in journalism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with minors in Spanish and public relations. She is the 217 Today producer and a reporter for the Illinois Student Newsroom.