Cheryl Burton Bio, Wiki, ABC 7 Chicago, Age, Education, Height, Family, Husband, Children, and Career

Cheryl Burton  Biography |Profile

Cheryl Burton is an accomplished American journalist and a 13-time Emmy Award-winning anchor/reporter for ABC 7 Chicago. In addition, she anchors the ABC 7 Eyewitness News at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. alongside Alan Krashesky.

Cheryl Burton Age

How old is Burton? She is 60 years old as of 2024. Burton was born on December 25, 1962, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. She celebrates her birthday on the 25th of December every year

Cheryl Burton Education

Burton graduated from Lindblom Technical High School (now known as Lindblom Math & Science Academy) in 1980. Burton graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana where she received her B.S. in Psychology and Biology. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. In 2007, she was the first alumnus inducted into the school’s hall of fame.

Cheryl Burton Height|Weight

Burton stands on an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 70kgs

Cheryl Burton Family|Siblings

Burton is the lovely daughter of Lillian Burton who was an interior designer and her father an advocate consultant named Neil Peter Burton, she was raised in Chicago and raised in a Christian religious family. Additionally, she also was brought up alongside her three brothers and two sisters.

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Cheryl Burton Husband|Divorce

Burton is currently a divorced and single woman. She was married to ABC 7 sports reporter Jim Rose, they tied the knot in the year 1986 and later got divorced in 1995. Burton is single and lives in Chicago.

Cheryl Burton Children

She likes to keep her personal life private, hence he has not disclosed information about whether she has children or not.

Cheryl Burton Career

Burton began her broadcasting career in TV on Romper Room, as a contestant on Star Search, and hosted an hour-long cable TV show called Simply Elegant. Her career started in 1989 at WGN-TV in Chicago where she co-anchored “MBR: The Minority Business Report”, a nationally syndicated weekly series. In 1990, she moved to Peoria, Illinois where she worked as a reporter at WMBD-TV.

She was an anchor at KWCH-DT in Wichita, Kansas. Burton joined WLS-TV in 1992 as a weekend co-anchor/reporter from 1990 to 1992. In 2003, she was promoted to 5 p.m. weekday co-anchor and 10 p.m. contributing anchor with Ron Magers and Kathy Brock. In addition to being on television, Burton was a cheerleader. She was part of the Chicago Honey Bears cheerleading squad for the Chicago Bears for three seasons from 1983-1986.

On June 12, 2018, WLS-TV announced that Burton will replace retiring anchor Kathy Brock as the 10 pm anchor alongside Alan Krashesky. Burton will continue anchoring the 5 pm show and 7 pm show on WCIU-TV.

She anchors the ABC 7 Eyewitness News at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. alongside Alan Krashesky. In June 2018 she was promoted from contributing anchor to anchor of the station’s 10 PM newscast. Prior to joining ABC 7 Chicago, Cheryl was a weeknight anchor for the 6 pm news at KWCH-TV in Wichita, Kansas.

During her time at KWCH-TV, Burton was recognized for her role in a campaign that was instrumental in reducing the number of low birth-weight babies and infant deaths. Additionally, she hosted the talk show “Viewpoint” from 1990 to 92.

Cheryl Burton Salary|Net Worth

She has an estimated salary ranging between $70,000 – $125,000 and has an estimated net worth of $1 Million -$5 Million which she earned from her broadcasting career.

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