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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 2, 2017
New city laws also will hike taxes and allow the sale of menthol cigarettes near elementary schools.
December 28, 2016
The program offers rebates of $25 to $200 to homeowners to take the sting out of the recent increase.
December 26, 2016
South Side alderman pleads not guilty to wire fraud, bribery and extortion.
December 23, 2016
Illinois' richest man, Ken Griffin, is donating the money to separate cyclists from joggers.
Ken Griffin wrote to the mayor that the Lakefront Trail was a "disaster."
"We batted close to a thousand, right?" Chuy Garcia says of his campaign ideas.
Emanuel consulted Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley at the height of the Laquan McDonald scandal.
December 22, 2016
Emanuel made his remarks after the city released thousands of his emails to the public Thursday.
