LEDE News: Top Stories of 2025

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Steve Novotney
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.

LATEST POSTS

LEDE’s 2025 Person of the Year: Belmont County Sheriff James Zusack

The elected official will celebrate his one-year anniversary on January 6th.

TOP STORIES of ’25 – Griffin Arrested, Charged with Strussion Murders

The killings shocked the valley September 2021, and so did the arrest in February.

TOP STORIES of ’25 – The Status of Homelessness in Wheeling

The City's exempted camp closed and a new female shelter opened at the beginning of December.

TOP STORIES of ’25 – Anonymous Aide Reports Abuse at McNinch …

The alleged abuse took place in mid-September, the investigation began in October, and LEDE broke the news in December.