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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.
November 30, 2016
City officials are racing the clock with $1.1 billion on the line.
Every year, the start of the snow route ban catches hundreds of drivers unaware, officials said.
"When you hit Chicago, Chicago hits back," an alderman said last month. Well, at least not right away.
November 29, 2016
The plan drew fierce opposition from neighbors who say it is too dense for Jefferson Park.
The city needs to hire 56 new food safety inspectors to comply with state law, the audit found.
November 28, 2016
Government agencies should be required to focus resources on areas with pervasive violence, Davis said.
The protest came after the anniversary of the release of a video of an officer shooting Laquan McDonald.
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