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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 12, 2016
A City Council panel on Monday approved borrowing $16 million to help pay for the project.
In all, the city will have paid $8.1 million to 59 prospective female firefighters, officials said.
Located at 2219 W. Grand Ave., the growing church has secured a CPS school's parking lot on Sundays.
The video shows an officer "on the heels" of a fleeing teen when his partner opened fire, a judge said.
Mayor Emanuel has been in Washington, D.C., to meet with federal officials on a range of issues.
December 9, 2016
Darius Pinex was shot to death by officers after he was pulled over in 2011 in Englewood.
The revised rules would prohibit living Chicagoans from being honored with a street sign.
An Arctic cold front is expected to envelop the city Thursday.
