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Irvin, a former local state’s attorney and defense attorney before becoming Aurora’s first Black mayor in 2017, stuck to a Republican playbook looking to paint Pritzker and Democrats as soft on crime amid violent outbreaks of gun violence, smash-and-grab retail thefts and carjackings in Illinois, something also occurring at the national level.

The Blackhawks have seen a decline in attendance this season, according to ESPN attendance records, likely in part due to COVID, though fans cite disappointing play as well. The team had been regularly averaging more than 21,000 per game between 2010 and 2018 in the wake of Stanley Cup wins in 2010, 2013 and 2015. But that average is down to about 17,900 so far this year.

The Blackhawks have seen a decline in attendance this season, according to ESPN attendance records, likely in part due to COVID, though fans cite disappointing play as well. The team had been regularly averaging more than 21,000 per game between 2010 and 2018 in the wake of Stanley Cup wins in 2010, 2013 and 2015. But that average is down to about 17,900 so far this year.

The 2010 scandal came up during the town hall, courtesy of Mark Lazerus, a reporter with The Athletic. To paraphrase, he asked what would the team do to empower a player in a similar situation, to ensure it doesn’t happen again? Wirtz clearly was irked by the question. “The people that were involved are no longer here. We’re not looking back at 2010, we’re looking forward and we’re not going to talk about 2010.”

The 35-room brick mansion at 40 E. Burton Place was built between 1909 and 1911 by architect Richard E. Schmidt of the Schmidt, Garden and Martin architectural firm. The mansion was built for John L. Shortall, and it was later owned by William G. Beale and then by Gladys Netcher before it was purchased by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America for $200,000 in 1962.

She alleges she didn’t realize they had tested her urine for drugs until two days later, shortly before her labor was induced, at which point an obstetrician told her she had tested positive for opiates. The woman said she told nurses and doctors that she had not taken any drugs, and the only possible explanation was that it was a false positive because, the day she was tested and the day before, she had eaten makoweic, a poppy seed cake that’s a traditional Polish Easter dessert.