L.I. parents who lost children to fentanyl overdoses call for tougher laws
There is a renewed push on Long Island to toughen penalties for those selling deadly drugs like fentanyl.
During her decades-long career, Jennifer McLogan has been recognized for her coverage of breaking news and live reporting on major stories that include the September 11 attacks, Superstorm Sandy, the Gilgo Beach Murders, the Long Island Rail Road massacre, the crash of TWA Flight 800, the Philadelphia Police firebombing of the radical group Move, the Hamptons' Pine Barrens fires, and major snowstorms crippling the Northeast. In sports, she covered Super Bowl XLVI, World Series with both the Yankees and the Mets, NBA finals with Michael Jordan, and the death of Arthur Ashe.
For her reporting, Jennifer has earned multiple Emmys (national and local) while based in New York, Boston, and Chicago as well as awards from American Women in Radio and Television, the Associated Press, the Long Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting, and the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction.
Jennifer began her career reporting in Boston first in radio for WEEI-AM (news and substitute helicopter traffic reporter) and WHDH-AM before joining WBZ-TV. She was subsequently a Northeast correspondent for NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, and NBC Sportsworld. For CBS, in addition to CBS New York, she reported for WBBM-TV in Chicago.
Jennifer ran the Boston Marathon... while reporting on it. She is a rabid University of Michigan Wolverine. Not only did she attend the Honors College, but her parents met there, and her grandfather was on the faculty. While at Michigan, Jennifer was an NCAA athlete, earning a letter as a member of the first women's varsity basketball team in university history.
As a theatre major, she appeared in numerous plays and musicals, among the most memorable playing opposite noted Shakespearean actor Nichols Pennell in Pericles, Emily in Our Town and Bessie Burgess in The Plough and the Stars.
Also, while a student at Michigan, she was was elected the retro "greaser" Homecoming Queen, winning a 1948 Cadillac in mostly working order.
Jennifer earned an M.F.A. in Theatre Arts from Brandeis University.
She is a member of Inner Circle, the New York news reporters' parody group, and she is active in outreach for several volunteer groups.
She and her husband - a university dean - are the parents of three children: Their eldest is an attorney in Washington D.C., their middle child works in the restaurant industry in Charleston, South Carolina, and their youngest created "The Dig" for CBS News New York.
Jennifer and her six siblings are proud natives of Flint, Michigan.
There is a renewed push on Long Island to toughen penalties for those selling deadly drugs like fentanyl.
Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann appeared before a judge for a status hearing Wednesday morning.
A suspect accused of selling pills laced with fentanyl to a Long Island teenager who fatally overdosed cannot be charged with killing her, the Nassau County district attorney says.
A school bus company is under fire after a 5-year-old student was left at the wrong bus stop in East Meadow, Long Island.
Hurricane Milton had made landfall in Florida, and many across the Tri-State Area are wondering how to help.
Carfentanil, a synthetic opioid 100 times more potent than fentanyl, has been seized on Long Island for the first time.
A Suffolk County community that was isolated by a road collapse in August's devastating storms and floods finally has relief.
Nassau County public and private schools have been dealing with dozens of false threats this year.
This year's deadly listeria outbreak involving Boar's Head meats prompted one Long Island deli to change its business model.
A new poll finds parents strongly support school bans on cellphone use and a crackdown on social media companies.
The Gilgo Beach Task Force investigating suspected killer Rex Heuermann shared an update on the investigation Monday on Long Island.
Justin Timberlake pleaded guilty Friday to driving while ability impaired on Long Island. He spoke to reporters after the plea, saying he made a mistake, and urged people not to get behind the wheel if they had even one drink.
Police body camera video has surfaced three years after a Nassau County grandfather accused officers of racial profiling.
Wednesday was the annual 9/11 memorial ceremony in NYC, marking 23 years since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.
Surveillance video shows a man exposing himself and urinating all over a Long Island family's front porch and then shouting antisemitic slurs.