Albany News

In Linn County circuit court Tuesday, 26-year-old Trinity Vidal Hernandez heard her fate in a case that pitted her against police and hospital workers on charges of trying to snatch a baby from Albany General Hospital.

An Oregon woman who was investigated for allegedly trying to take a baby from a hospital has pleaded no contest to initiating a false report and second-degree custodial interference.

A female pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and killed Friday night on Highway 34 just of east of Interstate 5. On February 5, 2010, at approximately 10:25 p.m., a female and two companions had stopped their vehicle on the eastbound shoulder of Highway 34 near milepost 11.

Arrests: 11:09 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 2 - Patrick Richard Fortenberry, 53, of Albany, was stopped by police on Northeast Highway 20 for a traffic violation.

A day after a 2 1/2-year-old boy died when his stroller was hit by a semi truck , police continued to put together information to send to the Benton County district attorney.

An Oregon woman who was investigated for allegedly trying to take a baby from a hospital has pleaded no contest to initiating a false report and second-degree custodial interference.

Oregon State Police troopers, with the assistance of several local police agencies, is continuing the investigation into Monday morning's fatal traffic crash at the intersection of Highway 99E and Old Highway 34 east of Corvallis.

By Mackenzie Fields The Daily Barometer Former OSU running back Yvenson Bernard was in Corvallis on Saturday, but not to play football.

Shirley Estes Harris passed away at her home in Alsea, Oregon. She was born in Bend, Oregon, the 4th child of Floyd W. and Vera M. Page.

The 2010 Winter Rod & Speed Show in Albany, Oregon was a blast from the past. Hundreds of cars of all varieties from throughout Oregon were on hand to show off their rolling works of art.

ALBANY, Ore. - Interested in puzzles and mysteries? So is Peter Jensen, an English instructor and a Shakespearean scholar at Linn-Benton Community College whose puzzles revolve around Shakespeare's Sonnets.

ALBANY, Ore. - A 22-year-old Corvallis man has been charged with raping a 14-year-old girl.

After two successful events in 2007 and 2008, the Winter Rod and Speed Show returns to the Linn County Fair and Expo Center, this time benefiting the family of Cherokee Pizano.

Albany-Katherine Lucille was born on February 4, 1920, in Drain, Oregon, to parents Frank and Louise Cunningham and was a direct descendent of Jesse Applegate, early Oregon Pioneer settler.

Cherokee Pizano, 14, died Jan. 11, two weeks before the community had planned to have a benefit in her honor.

Hola de Espana! Piling off the overnight redeye onto a bus to visit bustling downtown Barcelona , our eyes met blue Mediterranean bracketing one side of the city and mountains with monasteries at the other end.

The Oregon State Police says Nicole Ann Pedersen of Aurora went to Albany General Hospital on June 28 and reported that she had been kidnapped and sexually assaulted over a three-day period by a man she didn't know.

A 4th-grade boy put a 5th grader in a headlock -- and then pointed an airgun to the older boy's head, a concerned mother says.

A trucker choked eating some chicken and passed out, allowing his truck to crash on Interstate 5 south of Albany on Wednesday -- the second semi truck crash between Eugene and Albany of the day.

January 12, 2010, 3:36PM A dog that was shot with a high-powered rifle near Sweet Home is lucky to be alive today.