State

• Cellini dropped as defendant from Blagojevich trial, Springfield State Journal-Register

Chicago area

• Judge to CPS: Allow transfers out of Fenger, Chicago Tribune
• Bensenville to drop O'Hare expansion fight, Chicago Tribune
• Blagojevich's brother wants separate trial, Chicago Sun-Times
• Man to be sentenced for "crime tornado", Daily Herald

Northern Illinois

• Deere withdraws trial costs in retiree case, Quad-City Times
• Pedigo murder accomplice found unfit for trial, Quad-City Times

Southern Illinois

• Madison County asbestos cases top last year's total, Madison Record
• Victim's widow defends prosecution in church shooting, Alton Telegraph