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Wife pleads not guilty in Fort Salonga stabbing death

A Fort Salonga mother described by neighbors as mild-mannered was on suicide watch in the Riverhead jail Saturday after being charged in a fatal knife attack on her husband that officials say has no clear motive.

Kathleen Prisco was led in handcuffs, crying and distraught, into a Central Islip courtroom Saturday. Through her attorney, she pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death...

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