Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, who was once one of the most powerful officials in the city, was handed a two-year prison sentence Monday.
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-...
Ed Burke, one Chicago's most powerful Democratic City Council members, was found guilty Thursday on all but one of 14 counts in a corruption trial.
Another gig another record broken, Ed in #Chicago broke the all time attendance record at Solider Field 73,000 people singing along!#EdSheeran #Drums #Drummer #USA pic.twitter.com...
A federal jury has convicted former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke on 13 counts of corruption alleging he used his power to win private law business from developers.
Ed Sheeran visited an iconic Chicago restaurant where employees are encouraged to think out loud... and be rude about it. The British singer-songwriter, 32, who has visited several local...
If Chicago's iconic Century and Consumers buildings fall, a terrifying precedent would be set: that it’s OK to demolish usable historic buildings.
In 2009 I was in my mid-20s working in the mayor’s office when I heard news that a 16-year-old named Derrion Albert had been killed near Fenger High School in the Roseland community. It was the first time I’d ever watched a death captured on video. My mind struggled to process the images of him being pummeled by other young people. Someone picked up what looked like a wooden 2-by-4 and slammed it over his head, and another person admitted to jumping on his head while he was laying on the gro...
In January 1980, Chicago and Illinois officials huddled in the state capital to decide what to do with an unwanted stepchild: the Chicago Public Schools and its 400,000 students. The Springfield Su...
Perhaps more than any other city in the United States, Chicago, located at the center of the nation, has reflected the cultural diversity that has served as both a nurturer of significant musical talent and a magnet that drew the best from other areas. Jazzman Lionel Hampton arrived in Chicago when he was 11 years old in 1919, blues man Muddy Waters got there in 1943, when be was 28. But Benny Goodman, the King of Swing, didn’t have to travel, he was born in Chicago in 1909. In 1967, Chicago m...