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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 18, 2016
The debate hosted by Fox News anchor Chris Wallace will start at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
The employee appealed his dismissal, but later agreed to leave the department, officials said.
October 17, 2016
A man in a white sedan approached the teen, police said.
The fest will take place Oct. 27-31 at the Dunning headquarters of the Chicago dessert tradition.
The south campus of the newly opened Pope Francis Global Academy was one of the six schools.
October 16, 2016
The fair will take place from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Taft High School, 6530 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.
October 14, 2016
A Chicago Public Schools spokeswoman said the deal was "fair to both sides."
A man in a van told the boy to get into a purple van, police said.
