Alcohol in the news: Urbana Beer and Chili cook off

From Wand 17

Beer tasting and chili cook-off in Urbana

Not a great story.

Thousands... "GET THIS MORE THAN 150 Types of beer"

Seriously, more than 150 types is newsworthy?

From WICD 15 ABC

Beer and Chili fire it up

URBANA - What's better than a beautiful fall day? A beautiful fall day along with some cold beer and hot chili. At least, that's what more than two-thousand people think.

Urbana's ninth annual international beer-tasting and chili cook-off attracted about 2500 people to the downtown area today.

Participants can sample up to 150 different types of beer from all over the world. In addition, nine different chili teams competed in the chili cook-off which represented roughly twelve different types of chili. BEER AND CHILI Fire It Up

Saturday, October 9 2010, 05:29 PM CDT

Alcohol in the news; Breathalyzer in the Bar

From WAND 17 NBC

Breathalyzer in the Bar


KAMS is the bar shown, with the breathalyzer. There's also some details on Illinois DUI laws.

Alcohol in the news; No refusal weekend in Macon County

From WAND 17 NBC

No Refusal Weekend in Macon County

Decatur, IL- Macon County authorities will be cracking down on drunk drivers this Labor Day weekend.

The Macon County State's Attorney says prosecutors and a judge are teaming up with police for a "No Refusal Weekend".

This weekend, if anyone stopped on suspicion of driving under the influence refuses to take a breath test, police can request a warrant on the spot. That warrant would require the driver to provide a blood sample to test their blood alcohol level.

Alcohol in the news: Police Officer Arrested for DUI

From WCIA 3 CBS/ Illinois Homepage.net

Police Officer Arrested for DUI

Officials are investigating a police officer who was arrested for driving under the influence Saturday.

Travis Burr is an investigator with the Champaign County Sheriff's Office. He is charged with a DUI and also failure to reduce speed.

He's on administrative leave during the investigation.

From WAND 17 NBC

Champaign County Deputy Arrested for DUI

Tolono, IL- An investigator for the Champaign County Sheriff's Office has been placed on administrative leave after being arrested for DUI.

Deputies were called around 6:00 p.m. Saturday to a three vehicle accident south of Tolono. When they arrived, the deputies learned that an off-duty deputy with the Champaign County Sheriff's Office was involved in the accident.

Travis Burr of Sidney, who is an investigator with the Sheriff's Office, was arrested on charges of DUI and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. He was booked in and processed at the jail and then bonded out.

The Sheriff's Office has requested copies of the State Police reports and the matter is under investigation.

It's also on WICD 15

Sheriff's Deputy Arrested for DUI

Champaign County - An investigator with the Champaign County Sheriff's office is on administrative leave after an accident in which he is accused of drunk driving.

According to Sheriff Dan Walsh, Travis Burr of Sidney was off duty when he was involved in a three-vehicle property-damage accident at about 6:00 p.m. Saturday south of Tolono.

Burr was arrested for DUI and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

He is on paid administrative leave while the matter is investigated.

Alcohol in the news; Campus Town Businesses

From WAND 17 NBC

Campus Town Businesses

(It's not really an alcohol piece, but they do show some campus bars).

Alcohol in the News; $770 Beer

From WAND 17 NBC

Not sure if this was actually on the news, but it's on their website. Everyone is talking about the real expensive beer. Odd that 12 bottles of beer could cause so much uproar.

$770 BEER

There were only 12 bottles made, and they sold out in four hours.

If you are interested in some of their other high alcohol beers, they are still available.

Alcohol in the news; Bartender training

Last night, several news stations ran spots about getting bartenders trained on how to spot fake ID's and serving to minors.

• WAND NBC 17

Alcohol Training

• WICD ABC 15

State Agents Meet Bar Owners

Oddly, both NBC and ABC interviewed the same person, Elizabeth Murphy, from Turtle Run or Snappers.

It sure would be nice if either of the stations talked about HOW to get the training, like providing a link to a website, instead of just saying that training was available.

In the promo for the news on WICD, they showed some stock footage from Radio Maria. Not sure who was serving, but I think Jacob was in the background.

CU Bars in the News, Bars and police ready for St. Patty's Day

From WAND, NBC 17

Bars and police ready for St. Patty's Day

From Bentley's Pub, in Champaign.

Assembly Hall to allow drinking; all the news

From News-Gazette

Assembly Hall to start selling alcohol at some shows this month

From WCIA, CBS 3

Big Changes

From WICD, ABC 15

Alcohol Coming to Assembly Hall

From WAND, NBC 17

Assembly Hall will begin selling alcohol

Oddly, there's nothing in the Daily Illini yet.

The 'UnOFficIal' aftermath; armageddon came and went

News-Gazette

'Subdued' not the adjective for annual drinking festival, but final numbers show 'safe' gaining steam

CHAMPAIGN – Fewer arrests, fewer tickets, fewer medical calls and no major injuries during Friday's Unofficial St. Patrick's Day have Champaign public-safety officials feeling somewhat relieved about the annual bacchanal.

Wow, not only is that one of the world's largest headlines, but they used the word "bacchanal". Bacchanal means a drunken or riotous celebration. It relates to the word Bacchus.

A final tally of activity for Friday and early Saturday put the number of criminal arrests at seven, down from 15 last year; notices to appear in court for less-serious offenses at 265, compared with 351 in 2009; and medical calls at 28, compared with 33 last year.

7 arrests
265 citations
28 medical calls

With the tab for city ordinance violations ranging from $165 to $310, Champaign stands to gain more than $43,000 in revenue from fines, assuming all those ticketed plead guilty or are found guilty. Last year's police overtime cost taxpayers just over $10,600.

Wow, they actually put that this is a profitable event for the city.

WCIA, CBS 3

Unofficial Aftermath

WAND, NBC 17

Unofficial St. Patrick's Day end with fines, towed vehicles

Towing companies say the drinking event might just be their busiest day. They mostly pick up vehicles from city lots. Tatman's Towing hauled off about 70 vehicles, while Reynold's towed 256.

WICD, ABC 15

The Unofficial Hangover

"It's a little more tame this year, not going to lie it's not as fun," said Jordan Missner.

Students credit that to a 21 and over bar rule as well as a ban on pitchers and shots, as police put forth their best effort to crack down on binge drinking.

Daily Illini

Police increase patrols, regulations for Unofficial

contains a nice ticket breakdown

Post-Unofficial bar scene: 'Busier than a regular Saturday night'

On Saturday, the entry age for C-U bars returned to 19 years old.

Some students who were turned away on Unofficial could once again get into the bars.

Dan Kadlec, sophomore in Business, said he stayed away from the bars on Friday but not Saturday.

“I’m not 21, and I knew cops would be everywhere on Friday,” Kadlec said. “I didn’t want to risk it.”

No news from Fox.

No news from the Buzz.

CU Bars in the News, "unofficial" is this weekend; new rules to follow

From WAND NBC 17

"Unofficial" is this weekend; new rules to follow

Same scare tactics as all the other news reports on underage drinking, along with the same warnings for revelers.

Summary:

Throwing things: $215
Private Parties that charge admission: all kinds of fines
Illegal ID: $300

CU Bars in the News, Unofficial St. Patrick's Day Starts March 5th in Champaign

Unofficial St. Patrick's Day starts March 5th in Champaign

From WAND NBC 17

Nice of the news crew to take video of empty cans on the street, instead of actually cleaning it up.

No Greenman in this one.

CU Bars in the News, New Rules for 'Unofficial'

New Rules for 'Unofficial'

From WAND NBC 17

GREENMAN!!!

CU Bars in the News; Illinois tax may help fund wine promotion

Illinois Tax May Help Fund Wine Promotion

From WAND NBC 17.

Champaign, IL - The Illinois wine industry wants some state tax money to use for advertising.

The industry is growing, with the number of wineries tripling in the last decade. Now, a state representative wants to use a part of the wine excise tax, about two cents per gallon, to spend on advertising and help specialists to research and improve Illinois wine.

That money already goes to the state's general fund, so critics worry education and health programs would miss out.

The winery they talked with was Sleepy Creek. Sleepy Creek Vineyards is located at 8254 E 1425 North Road, Fairmount IL, about 35 miles from Champaign.