St. Albans News

ST. ALBANS, W.Va. -- Coming from a musical family, 9-year-old Melissa Dawn Smith can belt out a song with the best of them.

For her 90th birthday on June 27, Joan Elizabeth Roush of St. Albans requested that her gifts be donations to the Kanawha County Animal Shelter.

The annual Mountain State Art & Craft Fair features more than 130 artisans displaying their wares, including photography, fine art, jewelry, clothing, basketry, musical instruments, toys, food and works in wood, glass, metal, leather and textiles.

A St. Albans man was charged with growing marijuana plants in a hollowed-out dresser equipped with lights, State Police said.

Jim Frio knows a good deal when he sees it, and he's not shy about letting everyone in the room know about it.

Posted Sunday, June 28, 2009 ; 08:46 PM Police not sure if cruiser was a target, or if it is an accident.

A Saint Albans mother of three faces felony child neglect charges. Kanawha County Deputies said Cathy Gorby's home was filthy.

St. Albans Riverfest, the city's annual riverfront extravaganza, kicked off Thursday with a singing competition - the festival's take on "American Idol." Riverfest has been a tradition for 15 years, and this weekend up to 70,000 people are expected to participate in the free festivities, held along the Kanawha River at Roadside Park.

What does the cyclist have to do to be legally on the road? * If you are born in this country you should be able to understand English when you grow up, but if you migrate to the United States then you should learn the language.

Home was "filthy," "deplorable," police said. St. ALBANS -- A Kanawha County woman has been arrested on child neglect charges after police said she left her two special needs children in a home laden with garbage, insects and dried feces.

More than 200 teachers and administrators have registered to attend these special sessions.

A Saint Albans man is behind bars this morning after robbing a man of drugs. Robert Hayes is accused of robbing Leroy Elliot of his perscription Xanax.

Clint Casto, a former Charleston area political candidate, is charged with animal cruelty.

A federal judge sentenced a Missouri man known as "The Plaid Shirt Robber" to 20 years in prison Monday for robbing the Summit Community Bank at Southridge Centre in August 2008.

St. Albans City Council members are concerned that gas line repairs have resulted in a few rough roads.

ST. ALBANS, W.Va. -- St. Albans City Council members will ask Mountaineer Gas Company to hasten street restorations following gas line repairs in the city.

Charleston, St. Albans and Dunbar on Monday joined the Kanawha County Commission in bailing out the county's financially troubled recycling center on Slack Street.

ST. ALBANS, W.Va. -- A two-vehicle accident in St. Albans led to one car plummeting into the Kanawha River, according to a Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher.

Posted Monday, June 15, 2009 ; 12:15 PM Man opened a series of fraudulent bank accounts CHARLESTON -- Reco T. Robinson, 33, of St.

Services are scheduled on Tuesday in St. Albans for a woman who died in an attack in Oregon along with her unborn child.