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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 10, 2017
The President took to his Facebook page just hours before heading back home.
President Obama brought the city a library, a slew of transit projects and, of course, Rahm Emanuel.
The city's Shared Cost Sidewalk Program will accept applications for one day only this year.
The event from 6:30-8 a.m. Friday will offer cyclists Dark Matter coffee and Eli's Cheesecake.
The count will take place from 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Jan. 26, officials said.
January 8, 2017
The $2.1 billion Red and Purple line improvement project starts next year.
January 2, 2017
Unexpected departure is alarming to some parents.
A look back on the year in Chicago politics: from police overhauls to yet another indicted alderman.
