For elites inclined to hedonistic summers, criminal defense lawyer Edward Burke Jr. can make a simple drunk-driving charge ...

Michael Madigan’s sentencing hearing will cap the most aggressive, expansive corruption investigation in Chicago since the ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Flanked by family members and attorneys, former Ald. Edward Burke (14th) walks out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse Thursday after being found guilty of ...

As the 14th Ward alderman for more than half a century, Edward Burke not only claimed the record as the longest-serving City Council member in the history of Chicago, but he also became one of the ...

Federal prosecutors argue that disgraced former alderman Ed Burke deserves 10 years and one month in prison for his corrupt acts during his years as one of the most powerful public figures in Chicago.

The historic corruption trial of former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke has begun. The son of a Democratic ward boss and alderman, Burke, 79, served more than 50 years on the City Council and allegedly ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Ald. Edward Burke (14th) is now facing federal criminal charges, accused of trying to shake down a fast food company seeking to remodel a restaurant in his ward, seeking to force ...

Edward M. Burke was smiling. U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall delivered a two-year prison sentence to the man who represented Chicago’s 14th Ward for 54 years and long ruled the Finance ...

Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, one of the most powerful and longest-serving politicians in the Windy City, was found guilty Thursday of racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion after a six ...

CHICAGO — Six months after ex-Chicago Ald. Edward Burke’s landmark corruption conviction, his lawyers will be back in court Wednesday in a long-shot bid for a retrial on some counts and an ...

Edward M. Burke braced a judge this week “for a biblical flood of stories and letters from people of all walks of life who have been touched by his kindness and generosity.” And then they ...

Before dawn on a Friday last June, Edward Burke Jr. was arrested at his home in Winnetka after a family member told police he pushed her and authorities reported finding him “highly intoxicated ...