State

• Wills can now be stored at secretary of state's office, Bloomington Pantagraph

Chicago area

• Zion man flees courtroom, bounces off wall in escape attempt, Daily Herald
• Four years in prison for one-punch killing in McHenry Co., Daily Herald
• 2 firms to stay at UBS Tower, Chicago Business

Northern Illinois

• Reid guilty of murder, no death penalty, Quad-City Times

Southern Illinois

• Veteran pleads guilty to threatening staff at Marion VA, The Southern

Nation

• Gay marriage judge abandons web broadcast attempt, Belleville News-Democrat