SCOTUS

• Elena Kagan OKd as 112th Supreme Court Justice, Chicago Tribune

Central Illinois

• County ignores youth traffic safety course law for two years, Springfield State Journal-Register

Chicago area

• Freed Hobbs says truth will come out, Chicago Tribune

Southern Illinois

• Fluker, charged in murder of Belleville boy, hires big-leaguer Scott Rosenblum, Belleville News-Democrat