Central Illinois

• Knox County recorder arrested on theft charge, Peoria Journal Star

Chicago area

• Chicago wants to end court oversight of hiring, Chicago Tribune
• Prosecutor gets City Council OK as inspector general, Chicago Sun-Times
• Illinois foreclosures spike in October, Daily Herald
• Streamwood High teacher files discrimination charges against U-46, Daily Herald
• Latest Baker Hostetler growth spurts starts with new office in Chicago, ABA Journal

Southern Illinois

• U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin tours Tamms maximum security prison, Belleville News-Democrat
• Hearing set for former SIUE student accused of terrorist threat, Belleville News-Democrat