Midday News Links
- Gov. Quinn officially opened the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. [Inbox]
- The Gathering of the Juggalos is underway in downstate Cave-in-Rock. [Juggalogathering.com]
- Alfredo Cuellar Chavez, a meat market employee who was killed from gunfire during a drive-by shooting, was characterized as "a nice guy." [Chicago Breaking News]
- 8th Congressional District Joe Walsh: "I am not a deadbeat dad." [Daily Herald]
- Chicago News Cooperative's James Warren profiles 4th Ward Ald. Will Burns. [Chicago News Cooperative]
- Alex Kotlowitz kicks off Chicago magazine's new blog, Off the Grid. [Chicago Mag]
- House Speaker John Boehner visits suburban Hinsdale today. [NBC Chicago]
- Two men wearing fake beards rob a Southwest Side bank. [ABC 7]
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