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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.
September 28, 2016
In each robbery, the man entered the store, displayed a knife and demanded money from the register.
The graffiti had been removed before Donald Trump arrived in Sauganash.
The mayor did not immediately respond to his former top aide's comment.
In Sauganash, protesters say nominee insults immigrants; fans say he will get country "on right track."
But she's still ready to fight: "I know bad words, too," she said at a Girl Talk event Tuesday night.
The Fall Fest will take place from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Oct. 15 at Thorp, 6024 W. Warwick Ave.
Nominations are due Nov. 1 for the awards, which come with $1,000 and a bronze plaque.
September 27, 2016
The proposal will be unveiled at a meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at Olympia Park.
