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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 8, 2016
The measure was designed to save money.
Clinton was declared the winner in Illinois just after polls closed at 7 p.m.
"I believe in an America that doesn't give up on anyone who hasn't given up on themselves," she said.
Seven judges were removed throughout the city for a variety of offenses, including one who fell asleep.
Overall turnout in Chicago is expected to meet or exceed the 2008 and 2012 turnout, officials said.
A polling place in Rogers Park was not open by 6 a.m., and some did not have full ballots, voters said.
Nearly 25 percent more early ballots were cast in 2016 than in 2008, officials said.
November 7, 2016
The event will be moderated by former CBS2 anchor Bill Kurtis.
