CHICAGO (WLS) -- Jon Burge, a disgraced former Chicago Police Department commander, died at age 70 in Florida, officials said Wednesday. Burge was a bachelor who had lived in Apollo Beach, Florida, ...

The Burge Union, shown on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, is slated to be razed and rebuilt and part of Kansas University's Central District redevelopment plans. Kansas University’s Burge Union is slated to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Chicago police commander Jon Burge was cut loose a day before his scheduled release from a federal halfway house in north Florida. Burge, 67, served 4 1/2 years for lying about ...

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You can’t slander a dead man, but in any case, Jon Burge is a man beyond slander. The former Chicago Police Department commander and torturer died this week in Florida. Jon Burge’s legacy defies ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Former Chicago Police Lt. Jon Burge has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for lying about the torture of criminal suspects. U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow handed the sentence ...

Former Chicago police commander Jon Burge was released from a Florida halfway house on Friday after spending four and a half years in federal custody for lying about the torture of suspects. Darlene ...

(CBS) Some parents are criticized for spoiling their kids with overly expensive Christmas presents. But one mom who spent roughly $10,800 on a single present for her 7-year-old daughter is under fire ...

Jon Burge grew up in a South Side neighborhood not far from the police headquarters where he would make his name, first as a smart detective with a bright future and then as the infamous commander who ...