Cheryl Burton is a news anchor at World's Largest Store -television in Chicago.
Education
Burton graduated from Chicago"s Lindblom Technical High School in 1980. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana where she received her Bachelor of Surgery in Psychology and Biology. 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.
Career
She anchors the station"s 5 p.m. newscast alongside Ron Magers and is a contributor on the 10 p.m. newscast. Education and Personal In 2007, she was the first alumnus inducted into the school"s hall of fame. At one time, Burton was married to American Broadcasting Company 7 sports reporter Jim Rose.
They have since divorced.
Rose, who had been dating the Chicago Bears cheerleader Cheryl Burton, surprised her with a diamond engagement ring on the Friday night before Super Bowl XX in New Orleans. Rose popped the question aboard the President riverboat, scene of a pep rally party for the Bears.
Rose, quite the romantic, had timed the proposal to come a year after the couple"s first date. That, coincidentally, happened to be at a Super Bowl XIX party in Chicago.
On April 23, 2008, Burton, along with 4 others (5 separate attacks), was injured after a man punched them in the head or face.
The 28-year-old Gregory Perdue went on a fist-throwing rampage down a sidewalk in downtown Chicago. Burton was hit while on her dinner break. She was walking near Washington Saint and State Street when she was hit in the head by what she thought was a bullet.
She was however, hit by a punch in the head from Perdue which knocked her to the ground.
An X-Ray and Centre for Alternative Technology Scan revealed no severe damage, but she said she suffered from headaches for months following the attack. At the trial, Perdue"s attorney said Perdue was schizophrenic.
Perdue was found not guilty on five counts of aggravated battery. The judge instead remanded Perdue to the state Department of Mental Health until April 2015.
Prior to Burton beginning her career in broadcasting, she was on television on Romper Room, as a contestant on Star Search, and hosted an hour long cable television show Simply Elegant.
Burton"s broadcasting career began in 1989 at World's Greatest Newspaper-television in Chicago where she co-anchored "Midland Bank Review: The Minority Business Report", a nationally syndicated weekly series. In 1990, she moved to Peoria, Illinois where she worked as a reporter at WMBD-television From 1990 to 1992, she was an anchor at KWCH-DT in Wichita, Kansas. Burton joined World's Largest Store -television in 1992 as weekend co-anchor/reporter.
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.
Burton was the first recipient of the 2005 "Sisters in the Spirit" Award. A religious award. She was also the recipient of the 2009 Procter & Gamble Award for her outstanding community service.
In the year of 2004 and 2005, she was honored with the Thurgood Marshall Award.
Also in 2004, the Chicago Association of Black Journalist (CABJ) honored Burton with the Russian Ewing Award for her coverage on the E2 nightclub tragedy. Burton volunteer for the Boys and Girls Club of America. She is also public speaker for the students of the Chicago Public Schools.
Membership
She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Burton is also a board member of the Life with Lupus Guild.