Sydney Powell, the 23 year-old Akron woman accused of fatally stabbing her mother 3 years ago has been found guilty on multiple counts including murder, felonious assault, and tampering with evidence.

Prosecutors say that Sydney stabbed her mother, 50-year-old Brenda Powell, with a steak knife nearly 30 times and also beat her with a cast iron skillet. During testimony, experts gave differing opinions on whether Powell was sane at the time of the murder with the defendant having entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. The Beacon Journal reports that during closing arguments prosecutors said Powell killed her mother to hide the fact that she’d been kicked out of Mount Union College. 

The jury at Summit County Common Pleas Court  deliberated a little over 9 hours before reaching their verdict. Powell will be sentenced on October 28th.

While there is still some cause for concern about the level of contamination in the Cuyahoga River; both the US, and Ohio EPA agree that fish are healthier now, and showing less evidence of deformities brought on by toxic pollution.
 
Cuyahoga Soil and Water District officials say decades of intentional removal of contaminants from the water, have resulted in what they are calling a major milestone forward in revitalizing the ecological health of the river.

To find out more about the positive impacts of clean water efforts, including Akron's billion dollar sewer improvement project; we talked to Jennifer Grieser, who is the Cleveland Metroparks Director of Natural Resources:

Senator Sherrod Brown joined the Ray Horner Morning Show to talk about holding Northfolk Southern accountable for the accident in East Palestine. He also provided some insight from the picket line of the UAW strike in Toledo.

Joe Fortunato, Film Study Professor, joined the Ray Horner Morning Show on Wednesday. The WGA (Writers Guild of America) has been on strike since May, over 140 days. There has been some progress as WGA & AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) are in talks, but there is still a long way to go. Joe explained some of the issues, AI, and running out of content.