State

• Lawsuit over planned state layoffs on hold, Springfield State Journal-Register
• Quinn names Chicago Police veteran to oversee prison release, Chicago Business
• Madigan urges high court to reject effort to close Chicago locks, Madison/St. Clair Record

Central Illinois

• Chenoa man's 44-year sentence for sexually assaulting teen will stand, Bloomington Pantagraph

Chicago area

• Man acts as own lawyer, is convicted of robbery, Chicago Tribune
• Bond lowered for woman arrested 13 years after indictment, Daily Herald
• Chicago man pleads guilty to selling fake Picassos online, Chicago Tribune
• Appeal filed in sex suit, Lake County News Sun
• Woman passed out in snow charged with endangering son, Chicago Tribune

Southern Illinois

• Woman who posed as high school student pleads guilty, Decatur Herald & Review
• Unopposed judicial candidates assured victory in Madison, St. Clair counties, Madison/St. Clair Record