Central Illinois

• After hung jury, retrial of drug case ends in conviction, Bloomington Pantagraph
• Ill. jury awards $6.7 million to family after fatal ADM accident, Belleville News-Democrat
• CIB parent files for bankruptcy, hopes to emerge within 60 days, Champaign News-Gazette

Chicago area

• Judge won't shorten 100-year term for 84-year-old woman, Chicago Tribune
• Naperville Booze Crews try to curb DUIs, Daily Herald

Northern Illinois

• Woman sues Kentucky Fried Chicken for harassment, Quad-City Times

Southern Illinois

• Former Tamms psychiatrist testifies he and his family "suffered", Belleville News-Democrat

State

• Blagojevich blames federal prosecutor for aid's suicide, ABA Journal

Nation

• Judge's affair with prosecutor raised too late; appeals court denies new trial, ABA Journal