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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.
December 14, 2016
Valencia, the city's top lobbyist, will replace Susana Mendoza, who is now the Illinois comptroller.
The City Council on Wednesday approved borrowing $16 million to fund the project.
Here are the documents indicting Willie Cochran on corruption charges.
The council's budget committee agreed to use $1.3 million to help immigrants fight deportation.
December 13, 2016
The city could have been forced to pay "far in excess" of $3 million by a jury, a city attorney said.
A federal judge ruled that a city lawyer concealed evidence from the Pinex family's attorneys.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel supports a relaxation of the ban on the sale of flavored cigarettes near schools.
The 2,700 cameras may have been hacked, used inappropriately, according to inspector general's report.
