Cheryl Burton

Cheryl Burton
Burton (right) and Ron Magers broadcasting the ABC 7 Chicago's 5 p.m. weekday news, circa 2011.
Born	(1962-12-25) December 25, 1962 (age 54) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	Lindblom Technical High School B.A. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Occupation	News Anchor–ABC 7 Chicago (WLS-TV) (1992–present)
Years active	1986–present
Spouse(s)	Jim Rose (m. 1986–95)

Cheryl Burton (born December 25, 1962) is an American news anchor. Since 1992, Burton has been working for ABC 7 Chicago (WLS-TV) in Chicago, Illinois. Burton anchors the station's 5 p.m. newscast alongside Alan Krashesky and is a contributor on the 10 p.m. newscast.

Born in 1962 at Provident Hospital in Chicago, Burton graduated from Lindblom Technical High School (now known 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.

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 TV show called Simply Elegant. 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. In 1990, she moved to Peoria, Illinois where she worked as a reporter at WMBD-TV. From 1990 to 1992, she was an anchor at KWCH-DT in Wichita, Kansas. Burton joined WLS-TV 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.