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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 27, 2017
The school district also released budget figures for each school.
The West Englewood school was consolidated into another school when 49 CPS schools were closed in 2013.
The Oscar-nominated actor and devout Catholic will speak Oct. 20 at UIC Pavilion.
September 26, 2017
People listed in the database should be notified and given a chance to object, Ald. Ray Lopez said.
The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 asked state labor officials to block the changes.
A photo of the on-duty officers kneeling with an activist was posted on Instagram.
September 25, 2017
Schools that lost more students than officials expected will not see their budgets cut.
Applications are due by Oct. 20, officials said.
