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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 25, 2017
"America's infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay," President Donald Trump said.
January 24, 2017
Sgt. John Poulos was stripped of his police powers after the shooting by Police Supt. Eddie Johnson.
A quarter of the permits were for shows set in Chicago produced by Dick Wolf.
January 23, 2017
The Police Department bans officers from "participating in any partisan political campaign or activity."
Police are "looking into" the car, which was parked near Daley Plaza Friday.
Byrne, Kinzie and Lavizzo elementary schools will offer International Baccalaureate classes next year.
January 20, 2017
Shawn Whirl was released in 2015 after serving 25 years in prison.
Annie and Amy Blagojevich's pleas to the president to pardon their father went unheeded.
