State

• Illinois Supreme Court delays ruling on med-mal caps, Chicago Business

Central Illinois

• Grand jury refuses to indict UIS students for hate crime, Springfield State Journal-Register

Chicago area

• Court dismisses Will Co. smoking charges, Chicago Sun-Times

Northern Illinois

• Life sentences given to Rock Island men guilty of murder, Quad-City Times

Southern Illinois

• Shelton found not guilty of kicking nurse's aid in the head, spitting on deputy, Belleville News-Democrat