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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 20, 2016
The 5K race, which will loop around Portage Park, will start at 8:30 a.m. Sunday.
Free flu shots will be available from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday at 5940 N. Milwaukee Ave.
September 19, 2016
All of the burglaries happened near Oriole Park, and two occurred on the same block.
Brent Bogseth is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 7.
The shooting happened in the 3600 block of North Harlem Avenue, police said.
The fourth annual juried fine art photography show took place at Jeff Fest in July.
The event will take place from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, organizers said.
Ald. John Arena (45th) said the tax hike would hurt the poorest Chicagoans the hardest.
