Disgraced former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke walked out of Thomson federal penitentiary in northwest Illinois on Tuesday, officials ...

Though Burke is out of prison, he’s still within the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Prisons. When that ends, he’s expected to ...

Less than 10 months after reporting to federal prison, Edward Burke was released to begin spending the rest of his sentence ...

Ed Burke, Chicago’s longest-serving alderman, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison and fined $2 million today for attempting to steer business to his law firm in exchange for helping ...

Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, who went to prison after being convicted on bribery and racketeering charges, has been ...

Ed Burke sentenced to prison: 'There's more to life than a little money, you know' A beautiful early summer day in Chicago sees the former lion of the City Council get a two-year prison term.

Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke has been released from federal prison. His wife said he will stay at a Chicago halfway house ...

Ed Burke’s law firm once worked for family of judge who sentenced him to prison Chief U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall says she didn’t know her parents’ company hired Burke’s firm 30 ...

Chicago's longest-serving City Council member was sentenced to two years in prison on corruption charges, after federal prosecutors asked for a decade.

In court documents, prosecutors said the sentence is required to "protect the public from his future criminal acts." Burke is scheduled to be sentenced on June 24.

By the time former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke ambled up to the courtroom lectern at the end of a nearly six-hour sentencing hearing Monday, he looked and sounded little like the Democratic ...

The BriefFormer Chicago Ald. Ed Burke is expected to be released to a halfway house Tuesday, more than a year before his ...