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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 2, 2016
Amundsen, Curie, Kennedy and South Shore high schools will offer the rigorous program in the fall.
December 1, 2016
Mayor Rahm Emanuel called Gov. Rauner's action "reckless and irresponsible."
"They are not all the same," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said.
The number of cars towed early Thursday morning dropped 15 percent, officials said.
Chicago will remain a sanctuary city despite Donald Trump's election as president, Mayor Emanuel said.
November 30, 2016
Chicago City Clerk Susana Mendoza unseated Republican state Comptroller Leslie Munger.
Ald. Ameya Pawar (47th) is publicly weighing a run for governor, vowing to push a progressive agenda.
Ald. Jason Ervin brought his daughter to City Hall, delighting his fellow aldermen (and even Rahm).
