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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 7, 2016
Lawmakers want to end financial incentives that they say contribute to neighborhood blight.
"It is a beautiful building but it has no place in Edison Park," one opponent said.
Taft missed the district's top rating by a 0.025 points, Principal Mark Grishaber said.
The famed author of "Slaughterhouse-Five" was also a veteran of World War II and an accomplished artist.
October 6, 2016
Applications are due by midnight Dec. 9 for Chicago's selective-enrollment and magnet schools.
The event is designed to break down barriers between officers and citizens, organizers said.
In addition, Hitch Elementary and Reinberg Elementary each lost one staff member, CPS officials said.
The fourth-annual dinner will raise money for the school's educational foundation.
