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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 1, 2017
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson has said he is eager to have the surgery and get back to work.
The governor called funding an unfair bailout for city's mismanaged schools.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel first announced plans for the new training facility July 3.
July 31, 2017
"We are more financially secure today than we were six years ago,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel said.
Police Board President Lori Lightfoot's term expires Monday. She hasn't spoken to the mayor since April.
The rules for party buses were toughened in April after a string of shootings.
The new Cook County tax had been blocked by a judge until a new ruling Friday afternoon.
Rahm's office denies the president's claim he sent officer's name to mayor.
