Central Illinois

• Broadlands man gets prison term in 2008 deaths, Champaign News-Gazette

Chicago area

• Suspect's lawyer: Beaten firefighter started fight, Chicago Sun-Times
• Judge denies media request to open all Blagojevich records, Chicago Tribune
• Cubs sued for man's death in wall collapse, Chicago Tribune
• Aurora man gets 16 years for child abuse, porn, Daily Herald

Southern Illinois

• Former Highland bank officer admits embezzlement, St. Louis Post-Disptach
• Corbin comes to class: Judge overturns Columbia school's ban on service dog, Belleville News-Democrat
• Lawyers take $9 million fee in 10-year-old Allstate class action, The Madison St. Clair Record
• McGreal named SIU law school's interim associate dean, Saluki Times

Nation

• Only 25% of Americans have a positive image of lawyers, ABA Journal