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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.
October 21, 2016
Most of the water fountains with elevated levels of water were outside, test results show.
The new policy will be in place for Game 6 of the National League Championship Series Saturday.
October 20, 2016
Roberto Uribe, 55, pled guilty to attempted extortion. He is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 2.
Get a free flu shot from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday at 3821 N. Harlem Ave.
October 19, 2016
Citing videotapes as proof, Trump fumes, "People could have been killed."
A last-minute tentative agreement reached Oct. 10 averted the second teachers strike in four years.
October 18, 2016
"This is not a Chicago election in the era of your parents or grandparents," an official said.
The laborer for the Chicago Department of Transportation was arrested after the incident.
