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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 31, 2017
Johnson received a kidney transplant from his son on Wednesday.
August 30, 2017
Brent Turpin, a special ed teacher, has been suspended from an Englewood elementary school.
City officials said ride-share companies jacked fares during a CTA emergency earlier this month.
"We are here to fix what people left behind because they passed the buck,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel said.
August 29, 2017
Chicagoans could see their taxes jump by $125 million under the measure set to be signed into law.
Attorney General Lisa Madigan sued the city Tuesday to ensure a judge would oversee police reform.
Mayor backs ordinance to create affordable housing in Logan Square, on Near North and Near West Sides.
Former Chicago Public Schools boss, 67, was sentenced to 4½ years in prison for kickback scheme.
