CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke was found guilty of all counts except for one in his federal corruption case Thursday. The former Chicago alderman faced 14 counts, including ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke has been found guilty of 13 of 14 counts, including racketeering conspiracy, after a six-week federal trial for scheming to use his political clout at ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Former Ald. Ed Burke walks out of the Dirksen Federal Building during a lunch break Monday. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share Federal prosecutors accused ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Former Chicago alderman Ed Burke was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday after being convicted of racketeering and bribery. U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall announced ...

Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke has been sentenced to prison and a substantial fine after he was found guilty on 13 counts of corruption last year. Burke was sentenced to two years in prison and a $2 ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Former Ald. Ed Burke and his wife Anne Burke enter a waiting car outside the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after he was sentenced to two years in prison Monday.

Zohaib Dhanani thought something was a little unusual about his chat with then-Ald. Ed Burke, he told the jury in the former council member's racketeering and bribery trial at the Dirksen Federal ...

But Gair said it was far from extortion. “One thing we know for sure: Ed Burke made a threat,” Gair said. “It was an empty threat. … What really happened there was he blew up in anger over ...

A quick wit, he carries the title of “grandmaster” in creating incredible puns. Ed Burke, a longtime friend of Staten Island and its myriad causes, has retired after 34 years in Borough Hall ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Ed Burke, once the most powerful Chicago alderman, was sentenced on corruption charges Monday at the Dirksen Federal Building. Judge Virginia M. Kendall gave him a two-year prison ...