Afternoon Briefing: Buckingham Fountain reopened after vandalism

Good afternoon, Chicago.

Former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke will learn his fate soon as his sentencing hearing is underway today in a corruption case that rocked city politics and ended his storied and controversial six-decade career.

Burke walked into the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse shortly after 9:15 a.m., dressed in a dark suit, green tie and black pocket square, passing a horde of news cameras in the lobby without comment. He was accompanied by his wife, former Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke.