An independent report released yesterday by the Will County Sheriff's department lists a litany of mistakes made by the department in the murder investigation of Riley Fox. The report by national security firm Andrews International called the investigation, in which Riley's father Kevin Fox was originally charged in her murder, an "unguided missile." more ›

Scott Eby accepted a plea bargain today in the 2004 rape and murder of 3-year-old Riley Fox that spares him the death penalty but guarantees he spends the rest of his life in prison. more ›

• A new report outlines how police missed crucial clues in the first hours of the Riley Fox investigation.
• Prosecutors in former governor Rod Blagojevich's trial want the ex-gov to quit yapping about what he thinks of the trial. Inherit the Windbag, indeed.
• Kicking a President while his hands are full, GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady says he could beat Obama in an election right now. Obama has yet to respond with a challenge to meet Brady at the flag pole after school or as to whose dad could beat up the other dads.

• While the Blago trial is just starting, the Jon Burge trial is on a break until Monday but John Conroy explores exactly what the trial is about while Steve Rhodes laments how the Burge trial will be lost among the Blago circus.
• Scott Eby pleaded not guilty in the Riley Fox murder case.
• The latest edition of, "Do you know who I am?!", DUI style.

Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow and the FBI are preparing to announce new charges in the 2004 murder of three-year old Riley Fox. Riley was taken from her Wilmington home after which she was raped and killed by drowning, her body found in a nearby creek. Prosecutors had originally charged Riley's father, Kevin Fox, with her murder as well as sexual assault before DNA evidence vindicated him in 2005 after spending over eight months in jail. Fox and his wife were eventually awarded $8 million in damages. more ›

Police officers will be going undercover as pedestrians to bust drivers who don't yield in crosswalks. [Trib] more ›