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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.
August 19, 2016
The academy will be the first Chicago school named for the pontiff.
August 18, 2016
Good City Group's Last Mile effort is designed to get more people to walk and use public transportation.
The clinic proposed near Milwaukee and Lawrence avenues has been approved by state and city officials.
The first phase of the three-mile extension will open Sept. 21.
August 17, 2016
The exhibit will feature two series of paintings by George Klauba, a veteran of the Navy.
Tickets are on sale for the ninth annual event from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10.
August 16, 2016
Construction of the first phase of the trail from Edgebrook to Forest Glen started in November.
The Chicago-born rapper's paintings will be on display in Jefferson Park starting Sept. 23.
