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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 25, 2017
The 120-unit complex will set aside 108 units for low-income seniors, officials said.
All police officers will be equipped with body cameras by the end of the year, officials said.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel urged Chicagoans to focus on the big picture of the Obama Presidential Center.
The project will also reduce the speed limit through the heart of Wicker Park to 20 mph, officials said.
August 24, 2017
Chicago students will no longer treated as "second-class citizens," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said.
City says it's been working to resolve "ongoing building safety issues" at massive former plant site.
"It didn't have to happen to me," said Tierney Darden. "It shouldn't have happened to me."
Alderman calls for 300,000-square-foot Zenith plant to be demolished.
