For Fresh Air Family, the holiday season is never properly celebrated until you've driven around town seeking some … [Read More...]
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Player of the Year: Hobbs Leaves a Legacy for Future Samford Volleyball Players
By Rubin E. Grant From the moment Kelsi Hobbs arrived at Samford University from John Carroll Catholic High … [Read More...]
Football Legend’s Battle with Cancer a ‘Profile in Courage’
By Rubin E. Grant Growing up as a University of Alabama college football fan, I wasn’t a fan of Pat Sullivan when … [Read More...]
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Murphy’s Law
Murphy’s Law: The Moment
By Sue Murphy I’ve been watching a lot of Christmas movies. You could hardly avoid them this year given that three … [Read More...]
Murphy’s Law: Hostess With the Mostest
By Sue Murphy Tis the season. Every year, when the “-ber” months roll around, the entertaining sap rises and you … [Read More...]
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James R. Andrews, Internationally Recognized Orthopaedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine Specialist, to Receive 2020 Horatio Alger Award
Orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist Dr. James Andrews has been selected for induction into the … [Read More...]
Homewood Residents and Business Owners Oppose New Zoning Rules in Unruly Hearing
By Sam Prickett The Homewood City Council spent three hours during its Monday night meeting fielding questions and … [Read More...]
Just Around the Bend: Mountain Brook’s Stevenson Publishes New History of Cherokee Bend
By Emily Williams Retired otolaryngologist Dr. Ed Stevenson spent about 40 years practicing medicine, … [Read More...]
Player of the Year: Hobbs Leaves a Legacy for Future Samford Volleyball Players
By Rubin E. Grant From the moment Kelsi Hobbs arrived at Samford University from John Carroll Catholic High … [Read More...]
Troops, Trees, Tradition: Mountain Scout Tree Lot Celebrates 60 Years in Vestavia Hills
By Emily Williams For the past 60 years, local Boy Scouts of Troop 4 have sold holiday cheer and raised funds for … [Read More...]
‘Does God Exist’: Rise of Atheism Prompts Best-Selling Author to Publish Book on the Existence of God
By Rubin E. Grant Richard Simmons couldn’t believe his eyes, or his ears. During a Democratic presidential debate … [Read More...]
‘Bond and Love’: Community Mourns Death of Aniah Blanchard
By Ingrid Schnader After a month of searching for missing teen Aniah Blanchard, residents of Homewood and the … [Read More...]
The Reason for the Season: Vestavia Hills’ Waters Hosts Holiday Signings of ‘Twas the Night That Began Christmas’
By Emily Williams In October of last year, Vestavia Hills’ Catherine Conrad Waters published her first children’s … [Read More...]
Layers of Flour and Butter: New Bandit Patisserie, Coffee Shop and Café Opens in Homewood
By Sam Prickett According to Kristen Farmer Hall, “the Bandit journey” started in October 2013, when she and her … [Read More...]
Football Legend’s Battle with Cancer a ‘Profile in Courage’
By Rubin E. Grant Growing up as a University of Alabama college football fan, I wasn’t a fan of Pat Sullivan when … [Read More...]
