17 Facts About Cheryl Burton

Cheryl Burton formerly anchored for the 7pm newscast on WCIU-TV alongside Hosea Sanders.

Cheryl Burton was born at Provident Hospital in Chicago, the fourth of five children to Hattie, a Chicago Public Schools teacher and Simpson Cheryl Burton, a US Air Force veteran.

For high school, Cheryl Burton attended and graduated from Lindblom Technical High School in 1980.

Cheryl Burton is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

Cheryl Burton's broadcasting career began in 1989 at WGN-TV in Chicago where she co-anchored "MBR: The Minority Business Report", a nationally syndicated weekly series.

On June 12,2018, WLS-TV announced that Cheryl Burton would replace retiring anchor Kathy Brock as the 10pm anchor alongside Alan Krashesky.

Cheryl Burton anchored the 5pm show and 7pm show on WCIU-TV until it was discontinued in 2019.

Cheryl Burton was the first recipient of the 2005 "Sisters in the Spirit" Award, a religious award.

In 2008, Cheryl Burton won the NABJ Salute to Excellence International.

Cheryl Burton received the Phenomenal Woman Award in 1997, and she was awarded CABJ for coverage of the Million Man March.

Cheryl Burton is a public speaker for the students of the Chicago Public Schools.

Cheryl Burton is a board member of the Life with Lupus Guild.

From 1986 until 1995, Cheryl Burton was married to ABC 7 sports reporter Jim Rose.

Rose, who had been dating Cheryl Burton when she was a Chicago Bears cheerleader, surprised her with a diamond engagement ring on the Friday night before Super Bowl XX in New Orleans.

Cheryl Burton, who had finished a dance number with the Honey Bears, was sitting with Rose under the moonlight when he reached into his pocket for the ring.

Cheryl Burton was walking near Washington St and State Street when she was hit in the head by what she thought was a bullet.

Cheryl Burton was however, hit by a punch in the head from Perdue which knocked her to the ground.