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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.
July 14, 2017
Officials ignored pleas to drop plan to end Aviation officers' ability to call themselves police.
Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle said approximately 1,100 layoff notices will go out next week.
Approximately 50,000 music lovers are set to flood into Union Park this weekend.
July 13, 2017
Dennis Deer was a longtime friend of Robert Steele, who died June 19.
The Hatchery will be built on what's now a vacant lot near the Kedzie CTA Green Line Station.
July 12, 2017
"This is not the library we grew up with," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said.
John Coli, 57, demanded $100,000 from a local business for protection, prosecutors said.
Ald. Michael Scott Jr. will lead the effort to select a replacement for Robert Steele, who died June 19.
