Santa delivers toys to special needs students on Long Island with the help of Suffolk County PBA
A sleigh loaded with toys and Santa Claus in the lead surprised dozens of local special needs schoolchildren.
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.
A sleigh loaded with toys and Santa Claus in the lead surprised dozens of local special needs schoolchildren.
Valva attempted to explain away the killing of defenseless Thomas, who died of hypothermia.
CBS2's Jennifer McLogan reports the county will not say if it has paid any ransom to cybercriminals who hold personal data of thousands of residents.
In an annual holiday tradition, the cops traded in their uniforms Thursday for crimefighting costumes.
Brilliant science minds of four female students collaborated on the lowly but deadly mosquito.
The National Christmas Tree Association says last year, a tree averaged $70. This year, a tree is $80-110.
CBS2 spoke with experts who are rescuing the confused turtles, including some on the critically endangered list.
The Garden City Turkey Trot is the largest Thanksgiving race on Long Island.
They say they are bathing, brushing teeth, doing laundry and dishes and cooking with polluted water.
Doctors say facing the triple threat of RSV, flu and COVID this Thanksgiving is daunting.
An estimated 60 school districts in New York still use a Native American mascot or logo.
Established stores and chains can afford huge holiday discounts, so the pressure is on for small business owners.
Several blocks of trees and shrubs along railroad tracks in one Long Island hamlet are suddenly gone.
Deer Park neighbors recount unnerving incident involving the 54-year-old victim and her 33-year-old son last week.
Nassau County Police are under U.S. Justice Department supervision to increase minority police hiring. The woman tells CBS2's Jennifer McLogan her civil rights were violated.