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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.
January 30, 2017
Obama's statement follows protests across the country over President Trump's executive order.
Supt. Eddie Johnson told the news media he does not have diabetes and he is not on dialysis.
A special election to fill the 4th Ward seat will take place Feb. 28.
January 27, 2017
But his spokesman says a woozy episode at a press conference Friday isn't related to his kidney problem.
Shawn Whirl spent 24 years in jail before being released in 2015.
The deadline to apply to be a police officer is Jan. 31 — two weeks after a scathing federal report.
Refunds for people claiming some tax credits targeted at the working poor have been delayed to Feb. 15.
January 26, 2017
The president has vowed to yank funds from cities who don't cooperate with immigration agents.
