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.

An OPEN LETTER To … The Drug Dealer

Free Speech
In our valley, hundreds of our friends and family members have passed away, and in Ohio and West Virginia, thousands. We’ve all been touch by tragedies and that’s because you migrate here so you can sell your highly addictive drugs at increased prices in a non-violent atmosphere compared to your hometowns all the while knowing some of the poison you peddle is tainted with a killer dust called Fentanyl.

Moundsville Future Focus of Council

Community
It must feel like sitting on a giant egg for council members and the mayor of Moundsville while they impatiently wait for what has been referred to as a probable hatching of an industrial reinvention of the Upper Ohio Valley.

YWCA Repeat Boutique is a Win

Community
Maybe women living in the Upper Ohio Valley are not aware of its existence, or perhaps it’s because most believe this treasure trove of...

T-Rex New Resident of Centre Market

Arts
Something very significant will take place at Centre Market this afternoon, weather permitting, but not because of an action taken by Wheeling city government. At...

An OPEN LETTER To … Wheeling HOF

Free Speech
Why the heck has George Kellas not been selected for his proper enshrining into the Wheeling Hall of Fame?

From OVMC to Travel Gig

People
Interstate 70 to I-79, then I-68 after Morgantown, and from there a motorist navigates the split mountain and descends into what many refer to as, “The Swamp” that is Washington, D.C.

Is Contamination an Issue?

News
If there exists a cancer concern, forget it, according to Wheeling Fire Chief Larry Helms. If remediation can cleanse the three acres at the end of 19th...

Good Decisions Move Us Forward

Free Speech
Final decisions will need to be made during this new year in the city of Wheeling, and with everything Wheeling’s Council has resting on...

Biggest Blaze of Career

News
Larry Helms joined the Wheeling Fire Department in October 1986 and was named chief in September 2007, and this one blaze that destroyed the former Island Exposition Hall involved the largest structure of his 34-year tenure.

What Remains of the Island Expo Hall

News
Only the Ladder 1 crew remained on Wheeling Island today at the site of a massive fire that destroyed the former Exposition Hall. The building,...

Our Valley’s Decade

Community
It was reported during the 1990s that the people of the Upper Ohio Valley would have to experience a change from being an industrial region to a service industry, but no one told anyone it would mean the additional of a second job to survive.

Expo Hall a Total Loss

News
According to scanner communication between Ohio County 911 dispatchers and first responders, crews were first released before 8:30 p.m. last night from the scene of the massive fire, but the Ladder 1 and Ladder 6 companies remained to continue efforts to completely extinguished the blaze. Once maintained, a skeleton crew remained on scene.
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