Covington E.E. Lyon employee charged with simple battery

Covington police charged E.E. Lyon Elementary School employee Gladys Holliday with simple battery after an incident involving a student on Oct. 23. Police said the case proceeded after a forensic interview with the child, who has a disability. Holliday turned herself in on Nov. 9 and was issued a summons rather than booked into jail. The school system said she is on leave.