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Valerie Lyons

Cincinnati, Evansville

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  • 1 week ago | wcpo.com | Valerie Lyons

    BURLINGTON, Ky. — Sometimes the smallest discoveries can make the biggest impact. The Boone County Sheriff's Office had that notion in mind when it added a Labrador Retriever to its ranks. K9 Mozart is an Electronic Storage Detection (ESD) K9 assigned to the department's Electronic Crimes Unit (ECU).

  • 2 weeks ago | wcpo.com | Valerie Lyons

    CINCINNATI — Cincinnati police are committed to keeping the city safe, according to Chief Teresa Theetge. She assured the community of that promise in a nearly nine-minute video Tuesday night. Theetge released the statement in response to the deadly stabbing of Patrick Heringer inside his Over-the-Rhine home on June 4.

  • 4 weeks ago | wcpo.com | Valerie Lyons

    LEBANON, Ohio — At 89, Jennie White is sharper than most her age. Perhaps it’s because she’s a prolific reader. Or maybe it’s because she keeps up a nightly tradition: playing Scrabble with her daughter, who happens to live in the condo next door. Though the logophiles typically play virtually on their tablets, we sat down with them for a round with the traditional board and wooden tiles. The two take spelling seriously.

  • 1 month ago | journal-news.com | Valerie Lyons

    “It’s a lot of stop and go,” Al Williams said. “A lot of frustration only due to the fact that we have a lot more cars, a lot more trucks going in the same direction at the same peak time.”The Ohio Department of Transportation has spent years studying the poor traffic flow and is currently in the midst of an infrastructure overhaul in an effort to improve safety and cut down on congestion. “We’re beyond capacity for this interstate,” said Kathleen Fuller, spokesperson for ODOT District 8.

  • 1 month ago | wcpo.com | Valerie Lyons

    LOCKLAND, Ohio — If you've driven Interstate 75 through Hamilton County, you've likely hit traffic — especially during rush hour. Drivers have been plagued for years by daily backups and delays. Among the several traffic hotspots are I-75 southbound entering the Lockland Split area and the stretch between I-75 southbound to SR-126 (Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway) westbound. "It's a lot of stop and go," Al Williams said.

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Valerie Lyons
Valerie Lyons @VLyonsTV
17 Jun 25

JUST IN: Emerson Colindres is now being held at the Alexandria Staging Facility in Louisiana ahead of deportation. Thats’s an ICE Processing Center. Agents moved the 19-year-old recent HS grad from the Butler County Jail overnight. @WCPO https://t.co/26jq3EbM2A

Valerie Lyons
Valerie Lyons @VLyonsTV
14 Jun 25

RT @AP: DEVELOPING: Minnesota lawmaker and husband were killed, another injured in what Gov. Walz called a “politically motivated assassina…

Valerie Lyons
Valerie Lyons @VLyonsTV
13 Jun 25

RT @TreyYingst: Israeli police tell me one woman was killed and at least 20 people were wounded in the suburbs of Tel Aviv where a ballisti…