Author: Steve Novotney

Steve Novotney has been a professional journalist for 33 years, working in print for weekly, daily, and bi-weekly publications, writing for a number of regional and national magazines, host baseball-related talks shows on Pittsburgh’s ESPN, and as a daily, all-topics talk show host in the Wheeling and Steubenville markets since 2004. Novotney is the co-owner, editor, and co-publisher of LEDE News, and is the host of “Novotney Now,” a daily program that airs Monday-Friday from 3-6 p.m. on River Talk 100.1 & 100.9 FM.

Tops of 2019 – Closures Cause Chaos

For different reasons and on completely separate levels, access is the primary issue when it comes to a couple of closures in the city of Wheeling.

An OPEN LETTER To … Voters

Look around you. It doesn’t matter where you live in this valley … just look around.

Tops of 2019 – Giveth and Taketh Away

A User Fee collection will begin in the city of Wheeling in less than a week to pay for the construction of a $15...

Tops of 2019 – Change Coming in East Ohio

Steel. That’s what most of know, and we are aware of how the industry operates, and unfortunately, how it feels when it shuts down.

Tops of 2019 – Memories Made

They dreamed of The Show.

Our Christmas Traditions

(Photos archived by James Thornton) It is a process here in the Upper Ohio Valley, and the residents adhere to the traditions long ago adopted...

Selecting that One Person

It’s not about celebrating a person, but instead it's about heralding what that person has accomplished for the good of all of us in...

Counting on a ‘Cracker’

It was a big day back in 2015, when then-Gov. John Kasich announced that a Thailand company called PTT had intentions for constructing something...

Politics to Change in St. Clairsville

But these days Kathryn Thalman can’t wait to become the next mayor of St. Clairsville, Ohio, a municipality in East Ohio that serves as the county seat of Belmont County. On Jan. 2, Thalman will take the oath of office at the Municipal Building to join her seven council colleagues, and the cookies and coffee will be on her dime and not the city’s.

An OPEN LETTER to …

While running for office for a complete year before May 2016, the downtown district was a big focus for many of you because that’s what the Main Street organization’s studies dictated, and voters bought in because, well, it was ugly out there then … but is way worse today.

He Says it’s ‘Charlie Time’

But that never-more-narrow defeat represents only one of the many reasons why Ballouz has announced his candidacy for the race in Ward 2. Wheeling Island resident Ben Seidler announced his intention to run for the seat several months ago, and the incumbent Imer has not yet filed for re-election.

New Reality for Wheeling’s Salvation Army

And there they are once again, those bell-ringing folks standing next to a red kettle outside several stores at The Highlands and at the Ohio Valley...

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