Central Illinois

Central Illinois

• Peoria woman awarded $75 million in case against drug company, Peoria Journal Star
• Another lawsuit filed against insurance company stripped of license, Bloomington Pantagraph

Chicago area

• $6M settlement in 2006 Joliet crash, Joliet Herald News
• 10 indicted in "sham marriage" immigration scam, Chicago Tribune
• Man pleads not guilty in ESPN reporter videos case, Chicago Sun-Times
• Lawsuit filed by parents of boy hit by school bus, Chicago Tribune
• Woman testifies about escaping man accused of 11 murders, Chicago Tribune

State

• Ryan's lawyers ask Supreme Court for partial pension, Springfield State Journal-Register

Central Illinois

• Child molester John White loses bid for reduced sentence, Bloomington Pantagraph

Chicago area

• Judge delays ID of "Hipcheck 16", Chicago Tribune
• Prosecutors rethinking death for dad in sons' burnings, Chicago Tribune
• More video shown in bar beating, Chicago Tribune
• Crystal Lake man insane when he tried to kill girlfriend, judge rules, Daily Herald

Northern Illinois

• Union has filed labor dispute charges against First Student, DeKalb Daily Chronicle
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Central Illinois

• Knox County recorder arrested on theft charge, Peoria Journal Star

Chicago area

• Chicago wants to end court oversight of hiring, Chicago Tribune
• Prosecutor gets City Council OK as inspector general, Chicago Sun-Times
• Illinois foreclosures spike in October, Daily Herald
• Streamwood High teacher files discrimination charges against U-46, Daily Herald
• Latest Baker Hostetler growth spurts starts with new office in Chicago, ABA Journal

Southern Illinois

• U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin tours Tamms maximum security prison, Belleville News-Democrat
• Hearing set for former SIUE student accused of terrorist threat, Belleville News-Democrat

This post is updated with breaking news throughout the day.

John Carlton Parkhurst "Parky", of Peoria, passed away last month in Peoria. Mr. Parkhurst graduated from Wabash College and served in the Army Air Forces from 1942-1945, earning the Bronze Star. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1948. He will forever be remembered as the "Father of Home Rule," creating the powers of local government later used by the City of Peoria to finance the Peoria Civic Center. He also served as Assistant Illinois Attorney General in charge of pollution prosecution and consumer fraud from 1969-1972. He retired from politics undefeated and returned to Peoria to raise his family and pursue his legal career. Click here to read the full obituary in the Peoria Journal Star.