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Capital District Woman Starved, Neglected 31 Horses, Police Say
A woman from the Capital District is accused of neglecting dozens of horses to the point of starvation, authorities said.
Washington County resident Wendy Murphy, age 54, of Granville, was arrested Friday, Sept. 2, on 31 counts of animal cruelty.
It followed an investigation by state police, Washington County Animal Control, and the SPCA of Upstate New York into allegations that horses on her property were being neglected, police said.
Investigators executed a search warrant on her home, where they found 31 horses, all appearing to be deprived of necessary sustenance, according to police. …
Groundbreaking CBS6 Reporter Ken Screven Dies
Longtime CBS6-WRGB reporter Ken Screven has died, the station reports.
The first Black man to work as a reporter for a Capital District television station, Screven, who was 72, joined the CBS6 team in 1977.
“As a Black man on TV in Albany in the early 70's, Ken was a trailblazer with a conscience. He even profiled his own family history in the deep south where his great grandfather was a slave,” the outlet said.
After retiring in 2011, Screven found more success writing a popular blog for the Albany Times Union, where he “denounced racism, bias, and bigotry in their many forms,” according …
