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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 6, 2016
In two cases, the offenders also groped the female victims through their clothes, police said.
The field will be the first multi-use artificial turf playing field on the Far Northwest Side.
September 2, 2016
Chicagoans logged approximately 537,000 complaints about noisy planes from January to April.
Schools will get about 7 percent less for each student this year as compared to last, officials said.
Long overcrowded, Canty Elementary School in Dunning will have a new annex.
September 1, 2016
Alcohol sales are "the only way" to keep the Patio Theater open, the operator has said.
Midnight Circus will perform at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sept. 24-25 at Oriole Park, 6566 N. Avondale Ave.
The 31st annual walk will raise money for the New Hope Food Pantry and other charities.
