Valerie Lyons
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 35
- Latest publication
- Sep 30, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Journal-News.com
- Top 500K sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 7, 2026
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'Complete disregard for his duty' | State worker charged after allegedly sending abused NKY girls home (opens the original)
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covers news and issues across the Tri-State. Have a story you'd like Valerie to cover or a news tip? Reach her at valerie.lyons@wcpo.com. WARSAW, Ky. — A Kentucky state worker who investigators say responded to a school after two young children showed signs of severe physical abuse is now facing criminal charges over his handling of the case. Alan Zhang, 24, is charged in Gallatin County with second-degree official misconduct, second-degree wanton endangerment, two counts of failure to report ch
Prosecutors: Evendale man's diaper fixation, access to children show 'extreme danger' ahead of sentencing (opens the original)
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covers news and issues across the Tri-State. Have a story you'd like Valerie to cover or a news tip? Reach her at valerie.lyons@wcpo.com. EVENDALE, Ohio — Prosecutors are arguing for the maximum sentence to be imposed against a 24-year-old man who pleaded guilty to multiple charges he faced in connection with a child sexual abuse material investigation. A sexual fixation involving diapers and diaper-aged children. Photographs of students from a local parochial school. A job at a children's stuff
Jury deliberating in murder trial over deadly Clifton Shake Shack shooting (opens the original)
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covers news and issues across the Tri-State. Have a story you'd like Valerie to cover or a news tip? Reach her at valerie.lyons@wcpo.com. CINCINNATI — A Hamilton County jury is deliberating in the murder trial of a man who admits he fatally shot another man inside a Clifton Shake Shack in June 2025 but says he acted in self-defense. Jurors began deliberating around 12:30 p.m. Friday after hearing closing arguments in the trial of Antwoine McCants. If jurors do not reach a verdict Friday, they co
Kentucky responds after girls allegedly sent home, abused again, following school abuse report (opens the original)
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covers news and issues across the Tri-State. Have a story you'd like Valerie to cover or a news tip? Reach her at valerie.lyons@wcpo.com. WARSAW, Ky. — The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services is responding after the Gallatin County Attorney raised questions about the actions of a state worker who responded to a Gallatin County school after two girls arrived with signs of suspected abuse. Investigators said that the girls, ages 6 and 8, arrived at school with significant bruising, inc
What happened on the bus? Questions remain after death of 7-year-old CPS special needs student (opens the original)
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covers news and issues across the Tri-State. Have a story you'd like Valerie to cover or a news tip? Reach her at valerie.lyons@wcpo.com. CINCINNATI — Two days after 7-year-old Ngone Talla died after being found unresponsive on her school bus, her family is still waiting for answers about who was responsible for monitoring her and what happened during the ride home. Ngone, a Cincinnati Public Schools student at Roselawn Condon School, was nonverbal, used a wheelchair and had developmental disabi
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