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BLOOMINGTON — Rare is the day that someone doesn’t walk into CI Shooting Sports and ask to see one of the semi-automatic rifles hanging on the wall behind the counter.

Front Street, Bloomington — Westbound Front Street, between Main and Madison streets, will be closed to through traffic for five days beginning at 6 a.m. Monday. The closure is needed for sewer work. Drivers should use another route.

County tax bills released

Saturday

NORMAL — An innovative pilot program to catch low-income adults who use Twin City emergency departments for primary care and connects them with primary care providers has saved the community nearly $500,000 during its first six months.

Friday

BLOOMINGTON — State Farm continues to receive interest from potential buyers of its shuttered 89-year-old original headquarters building in downtown Bloomington and now has someone in the region handling those inquiries.

WASHINGTON — Bloomington Police Chief Brendan Heffner has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next U.S. Marshal for the Central District of Illinois.

Workers' Memorial Day observed Friday