217 Today: Experience CU kicks off the year promoting non-alcoholic beverages with the Mocktail Trail

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A cocktail glass rests on a bartop next to a candle.
Dry January participants can enjoy alcohol-free drinks in and around Champaign-Urbana.
  • Photo: Photo Courtesy of Experience CU website

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Today’s headlines:

  • Around one year ago, Champaign Unit 4 school board members shut down meetings after clashing over filling vacant positions. As the board confronts another vacancy, the group is working through those lingering tensions.
  • Prosecutors in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s federal racketeering conspiracy trial confronted him with a previously unheard wiretap.
  • Along with respiratory illnesses, the state Department of Public Health is warning Illinoisans about the rise in Norovirus.
  • University of Illinois athletes broke several school and facility records over the past weekend.

In today’s deep dive, we’ll listen to a conversation with the Experience CU Vice President of Destination Branding and Development about the CU Mocktail Trail.

217 Today is produced by Stephanie Mosqueda. Reporting today contributed by Emily Hays, Dave McKinney, Kulsoom Khan, Colin Hislope 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.