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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.
February 27, 2017
The cuts total $31 million, even after CPS restored $15 million to some schools.
February 24, 2017
Majority-Latino schools had been slammed twice as hard as majority-white schools by cuts, report found.
"Where does this man go to get his reputation back?" 14th Ward Ald. Ed Burke asked.
Officials credited the technology with a reduction in shootings in Englewood.
The mayor's office also agreed to spend $1 million on violence prevention efforts — eventually.
A City Council decision to slash the cost of licenses likely means more snacks on the go for Chicagoans.
Designation comes after Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera's sentence was shortened.
Ald. Jason Ervin (28th) said he didn't support the new rules, but voted for them anyway.
