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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.
May 24, 2017
The zoning change sailed through the City Council in a 49-1 vote on Wednesday.
The citywide collection of household items for veterans runs from Memorial Day through 4th of July.
May 23, 2017
Schools are $9 billion in debt, and the union blames CEO Forrest Claypool and Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
There are 5,889 men, women and children who are homeless in Chicago on any given night, officials said.
The cameras will be placed as far as the Kennedy Expy., but will mostly be around Wrigley Field.
Chicago officials are always reviewing security operations to protect residents, Emanuel said.
The trail will be closed east of Lake Shore Drive between Diversey and North avenues.
May 22, 2017
Chicago could lose $10.7 million in law-enforcement grants — not all federal funding as threatened.
