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Heather Cherone is a reporter/producer covering Chicago's City Hall.
Cherone joined DNAInfo from the Chicago Tribune, where she was part of the team that helped launch TribLocal in the south and west suburbs.
Cherone is also an adjunct professor of journalism at DePaul University.
Born and raised in Edgewater, Cherone graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism with both a bachelor’s and master’s degree.
After college, Cherone moved to California, where she covered politics and local government for the Los Angeles Daily News and the Oakland Tribune.
Cherone and her husband, Michael, are the parents of two girls, Sophia and Julia.
Fun fact: A huge Chicago Bears fan, Cherone knows all the lyrics – and the dance moves – to the 1985 Bears Super Bowl Shuffle.
November 2, 2017
Data shows that while more blacks and Latinos applied to the CPD, most new officers are white.
Cochran was given CPR by 40th Ward Ald. Patrick O'Connor, taken to Northwestern hospital.
The restrictions will be enforced two hours before each event and last until one hour after the event.
The payment is required under the universally loathed 2008 deal, officials said.
November 1, 2017
The 2018 budget for the six-week-old agency is more than $1 million short, Ald. Scott Waguespack said.
Donated by Darlene Dorfler of Grayslake, the city's Christmas tree will be lit Nov. 17.
The ferals will just move the problem to another area, Charles Williams said, in response to alderman.
Mayor Emanuel's office declined to comment on charges he is meddling in menu money spending.
