Albany News

ALBANY, Ore. - A woman who pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated theft in connection with $120,000 that disappeared from a Lebanon, Ore., church will not go to prison and won't have to reimburse the church.

Catherine McLaughlin and her 20-month-old son Aiden drowned after flood waters swept their car out of the mega foods parking lot in Albany and into the Periwinkle Creek.

ALBANY, Ore. -- Five teens were arrested Thursday and Friday in connection with an assault that left an Albany man seriously injured last month, police said.

City engineers in Albany want to plant a row of trees to mark a clear line between a parking lot and a creek where two people died when floodwaters from a rainstorm swept their car away.

Two Albany men face felony charges after allegedly trying to pass fake $100 bills at Spirit Mountain Casino , which led authorities to more counterfeit bills and money-manufacturing equipment.

After spending nearly three weeks recovering after escaping from a car swept down an Albany creek , a 5-year-old boy is out of the hospital.

Drivers can expect some delays over the next few weeks when traveling across the Willamette River on the Ellsworth Street bridge in Albany.

David C. Johnson , a University of Oregon chemistry professor, will take the minuscule world of nanotechnology on the road to Albany, Ore., Feb.

The Bandon School District bus and van crashed at the intersection of Highway 20 and Highway 226 east of Albany.

Albany The Albany Fire Department responded to the Highway 20 and Highway 226 east of Albany to a reported motor vehicle accident.

Plan ahead for 3 days of rally and obedience trials at the Chintimini Kennel Club shows March 30, 31 and April 1 at the Albany,OR fairgrounds.

Occupy Portland demonstrators begin to climb off a bus at the state capitol in Salem in preparation for a demonstration on the first day of the Oregon Legislature.

The condition of a 5-year-old boy who was swept away with his family in a flooded Albany creek is improving at a Portland hospital.

Starting this Saturday, passengers using the "Coast to Valley Express" bus will have more travel options, with additional stops and two extra service days.

ALBANY, Ore. A Polk County sex offender was sentenced to more than 60 years in prison for the abuse of three children.

The 13th annual Northwest Horse Fair and Expo is scheduled this year for March 22 to March 25 at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany, Ore.

I am a winter visitor from Albany, Ore. Back in the 1970s the school administration was consolidated.

News Release from: Albany Fire Dept. TWO KAYAKERS RESCUED FROM THE WILLAMETTE RIVER THIS EVENING IN ALBANY Posted: January 28th, 2012 8:38 PM The Albany Fire Department responded at about 5:51 p.m. today, January 28, 2012, to Hyak Park in Benton County just outside of Albany for a reported kayaker in the water.

One of the country's largest square dancing festivals is in full swing in Albany.

An Albany fire division chief says the man stayed alive Thursday afternoon by breathing from a six-inch air bubble trapped near the vehicle's roof, the only visible part of the car.