Central Illinois

• Murder charges dropped in killing of 20-month-old, Bloomington Pantagraph

Chicago area

• Judge's "unreasonable fury" led to removal from case, Chicago Tribune
• Blagojevich trial: Jurors ask for transcripts, Chicago Business
• Special prosecutor in sex claims against McHenry County jail guard, Daily Herald
• Employers who don't pay workers face jail under new law, Chicago Tribune
• State tells niece to stop trying to evict 100-year-old aunt, Southtown Star

Southern Illinois

• Woman is found guilty of murder: "This is not an abused wife. This is a cocaine addict," Belleville News-Democrat