Amazing News Day

The consummate news day.

We all had an inkling the verdict would come back for Dr. Essa today. But you can never be too sure.


Around 1:15pm the jury came back with their verdict. Dr. Yazeed Essa was found guilty for murdering his wife Rosemarie. He poisoned her with cyanide causing her to crash her car and ultimately die.


Every day we followed this story and I saw fresh video from the courtroom, my heart just broke into many pieces. I went to high school with Rosemarie's sister Deanna and seeing how she and her family were so devastated was an awful sight.



Quite a unique case. Usually when we cover court cases, any type, the members of the jury rarely want to speak with the media. Today, all the jurors gathered for a press conference and were greeted by cheers for their efforts.


Nothing will ever take the place of Rosie but it's a comfort for the family to get closure on this case.



If that was not enough, Josh Cribbs had been planning a 5pm press conference at the I-X Center. We were in place in plenty of time. However, late Friday afternoon the Browns sent out an advisory that they, too, were holding a news conference. I live for these types of days. Had to do some re-arranging and cancel using one of our studio cameras to send a photog out, but this is a big story.


We were at Browns Camp, the I-X Center and had everything sports needed on this story.


I follow Josh Cribbs on Twitter and later in the evening he thanked all of his fans for their undying support. Great to watch these stories also come to a conclusion on Twitter.


Adding fuel to the fire, Judge Gaul's bailiff called before newstime and said there was a verdict in the Perk Park shooting trial. Again, had to shift some assignments but got a crew over to the Justice Center.


It took longer than expected for this verdict. My cameraman kept texting me updates. Finally, during Channel 3 News at 7pm, he texted me all of the information. It's amazing how I can pass on the information to the producer and within seconds we are adding a 'breaking news' story with Monica reading on air what I had just relayed. "Broadcast News" at its best!


What was more amazing is before the story aired on tv, I shared the information with our 7pm LIVE web chatters and with Twitter folks. Quite exciting!



But wait, there's more!



The Indians were on TV this afternoon and blew by the Reds 9-2. Go Tribe! Ironically, Thursday the Indians and wkyc big bosses were nice enough to host breakfast, lunch, and dinner for all of us. It was a combination 'the Olympics are over, congrats on a great ratings period and welcome baseball season' celebration! The Indians brought Stadium hotdogs, ketchup, mustard, popcorn, and dessert! What a great kickoff for Indians Spring Training baseball!!!

The Cavs were home against the Pistons on 'let's break a world record by all wearing our Snuggies in the Q' night...and believe it or not, the Cavs fans DID break the record !!!

But quite a scare when Rodney Stuckey of the Pistons collapsed from a possible seizure. It was during a time out and he was sitting on the chair when he keeled over. They worked on him for a while as the Cavs and Pistons joined together in prayer. Finally, they took him off the court and transported him to the Cleveland Clinic where he is being treated. Danny Ferry reported to the crew broadcasting the game that Stuckey was in stable condition.




What a way to end the week. This weekend has come just in time.



Have a great weekend everyone!