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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.
April 18, 2017
A hearing in the school district's lawsuit against the state is set for Wednesday.
Hotels would be required to provide the buttons under a measure being introduced Wednesday.
The three meetings will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 25 and May 2.
Mark Haynie, Jr., died in July 2011 while in police custody after being arrested on a drug charge.
The bus also had too many passengers, police said.
April 17, 2017
The City Council is poised to crack down on the rowdy parties on wheels.
The employee also called the hearing officer deciding whether he should be fired “Judgey Wudgey.”
Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans apologized Thursday for the fracas that injured a doctor.
