Central Illinois

• Prosecutors: al-Qaida sleeper agent should get 15 years, Chicago Tribune
• Judge grants bond reduction to woman in Beason case, Springfield State Journal-Register
• Tazewell approves settlement with injured jail inmate, Peoria Journal Star

Chicago area

• Elmhurst man accused of running $28 million Ponzi scheme, Chicago Tribune
• Bond set at $3 million for fugitive in Hanover Park standoff, Daily Herald
• Woman gets prison for drug test trickery, Daily Herald

Southern Illinois

• Government to mark 100th anniversary of East St. Louis Federal Courthouse, Belleville News-Democrat
• Judge sentences Baron and Budd attorney to week in jail for "grandstanding," The Madison Record