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Good morning, Normal. Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 1st of March.
COMMUNITY NEWS
- ➤ Bloomington Junior High School renamed their annual volleyball invitational to the Armoni Bennett Memorial Tournament in tribute to Armoni Bennett, an eighth-grader and team manager who was a victim in the Lee Street killings. WGLT
CRIME NEWS
- ➤ A Normal man has admitted to having several stolen cars and motorcycles in McLean County. The Pantagraph
ECONOMY NEWS
- ➤ State Farm's financial performance in 2024 showed significant improvement with net income of $5.3 billion, despite a $6.1 billion underwriting loss, marking a recovery from a net loss in 2023 WGLT
EDUCATION NEWS
- ➤ Central Illinois high school students are advancing their careers early by participating in a welding certification program offered by the Bloomington Area Career Center. The Pantagraph
GOVERNMENT NEWS
- ➤ Catherine Popovitch becomes the director of the Illinois State Archives, aiming to continue the agency's modernization and digitization efforts while safeguarding over 200 million records. WGLT
HEALTH NEWS
- ➤ Morgan Rondinelli, founder of Not Alone Notes, and her team have sent over 3,000 handwritten letters to individuals with OCD across the U.S., offering encouragement and a sense of community since 2017. WGLT
SHOP NEWS
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