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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.
June 9, 2017
The bike and pedestrian bridge at 41st Street is expected to be complete in late 2018.
A 12-year-old boy has been charged in connection with one of the shootings, police said.
June 8, 2017
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has vowed to ensure the Downtown business boom helps the whole city.
June 7, 2017
Windows should be open 4 inches or less, city officials warned Wednesday.
Chicago will adopt the guidelines of the Paris Agreement and measure greenhouse gases, Emanuel said.
The effort to breathe new life into the Halsted Street commercial district dates back decades.
June 6, 2017
The mayor calls in help to fight Dr. Brain Drain as part of the library's summer reading program.
Trains began running on the city’s first elevated railway on June 6, 1892.
