• Home
  • About
  • F.A.Q.
  • Issues, Forms & Info
    • Engagement Announcement Form
    • Wedding Announcement
    • Anniversary Announcements
  • Advertise
  • Issue Archives
  • Contact Us
  • Get the Journal

Over the Mountain Journal

The suburban newspaper for Mountain Brook, Homewood, Vestavia Hills, Hoover and north shelby county

  • About Town
  • People
  • News
  • Social
  • Home
  • Life
  • Business
  • School
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Weddings
  • Food

OTMJ Features

The Living Legacy: Camp Fletcher offers a chance to unplug and tune in

From Litigation to Hydration: Mountain Brook entrepreneur Tommy Mayfield leads a new drink company

The Rotary Club of Shades Valley Announces 2026 Scholarship Recipients

International Soccer Coaches to Host Clinic at John Carroll Catholic High School In June

Latest OTMJ Sports

International Soccer Coaches to Host Clinic at John Carroll Catholic High School In June

May 29, 2026

 By Loyd McIntosh  Area soccer players and coaches will have an excellent opportunity to improve … [Read More...]

Jamie Harris Reaches 250 Wins as Vestavia Hills Baseball Looks to the Future

May 15, 2026

 By Loyd McIntosh   Photos by Jordan WaldJamie Harris has always exemplified the standard of … [Read More...]

Current Issue

5/28/26

SOCIAL

PICTURE OF THE WEEK

Latest Posts

International Soccer Coaches to Host Clinic at John Carroll Catholic High School In June

 By Loyd McIntosh  Area soccer players and coaches will have an excellent opportunity to improve … [Read More...]

From Litigation to Hydration: Mountain Brook entrepreneur Tommy Mayfield leads a new drink company

 By Taylor Bright   Photo by Jordan WaldIn an office in Birmingham, in a place that would be hard … [Read More...]

Cross Creek: A Neighborhood Ahead of its Time

 By Felix M. Drennen III   Photos by Jordan waldBeginningsCross Creek Park was developed in … [Read More...]

The Psychiatrist: Kyle Echols explores what it means to work with the mind.

By Lee Hurley   Photo by Jordan WaldKyle Echols is a well-known and well-regarded psychiatrist who has … [Read More...]

Leaving One’s Comfort Zone: Homewood’s Davis Bunn strengthens literacy in The Gambia.

 By Angelita FallerIn the summer of 2025, Homewood native Davis Bunn traveled to Serrekunda, The … [Read More...]

The Rotary Club of Shades Valley Announces 2026 Scholarship Recipients

 The Rotary Club of Shades Valley announced the recipients of its 2026 scholarship awards at a luncheon on … [Read More...]

Vestavia Hills Beautification Board Presents Vestavia Belles

 The Vestavia Hills Beautification Board recently hosted the 47th annual Vestavia Belles Presentation at … [Read More...]

The Living Legacy: Camp Fletcher offers a chance to unplug and tune in.

  By Mary Clare IngramPhotos by Jordan Wald and Courtesy BridgeWaysPauline Bray … [Read More...]

Jamie Harris Reaches 250 Wins as Vestavia Hills Baseball Looks to the Future

 By Loyd McIntosh   Photos by Jordan WaldJamie Harris has always exemplified the standard of … [Read More...]

SUPER SENIORS: These Class of 2026 seniors are set to change the world.

By Barry Wise Smith   Photos by Jordan Wald John Lee Wimberly Vestavia Hills High … [Read More...]

See more of our latest posts...

Follow OTMJ

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Newsletter

Sign up to receive email updates and to hear what's going on Over The Mountain!


Have an upcoming event or news to share?

Submit it here

GOT NEWS? Submit here

Tags

Alabama High School Athletic Association American Cancer Society Arts Birmingham Birmingham Botanical Gardens Blake Ells Briarwood Christian School Cahaba Heights Crestline Donna Cornelius Emily Williams Fashion Health and Fitness Homewood Homewood High School Homewood Public Library Hoover Hoover High School Ingrid Howard Ingrid Schnader John Carroll Catholic High School Jordan Wald June Mathews Kaitlin Candelaria Laura McAlister Lee Davis Lee Walls Jr. Mark Almond Marvin Gentry Mountain Brook Mountain Brook High School Murphy's Law North Shelby North Shelby County Oak Mountain High School Rubin E. Grant Samford University Sarah Kuper Spain Park High School Sue Murphy Tyler Waldrep UAB Vestavia Hills Vestavia Hills High School William C. Singleton III

Contact OTMJ

The Over the Mountain Journal
2016 Columbiana Road, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
Phone: (205)823-9646 Fax: (205)824-1246

For editorial submissions, sports submissions, and circulation questions, please send e-mail to: [email protected]

Lee Hurley, Publisher and Editor: [email protected]

Have some exciting OTM NEWS? Submit YOUR NEWS
Thursday, June 4, 2026

Newsletter

Sign up to receive email updates and to hear what's going on Over The Mountain!


© 2026 · Over the Mountain Journal · Designed and Developed by walls media, llc