By Loyd McIntosh Area soccer players and coaches will have an excellent opportunity to improve their skills and be seen by coaches representing some of the world’s top teams this summer. Eintracht Frankfurt, one of the top clubs in the German Bundesliga, is bringing a multi-day soccer event to John Carroll Catholic High School in late June. All … [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 to say if it were Birmingham, Homewood or Mountain Brook, Tommy Mayfield types into an old Mac computer, surrounded by books that make it hard to tell if it’s an office or the dorm room of an honors student.There’s a poster of Flannery O’Connor’s The Violent … [Read more...]
Cross Creek: A Neighborhood Ahead of its Time
By Felix M. Drennen III Photos by Jordan waldBeginningsCross Creek Park was developed in the mid-1970s as part of the Cherokee Bend area of Mountain Brook. The concept was new for its time: homes built close together with shared green space and common maintenance responsibilities.Cherokee Bend’s development had only begun a decade earlier after the … [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 been practicing in Birmingham for 35 years. For those of us who think too much, it’s interesting to peek into the life of someone who has spent his career trying to decipher and adjust the mind’s arcane trajectory. There isn’t a simple explanation for Echols’ … [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 Gambia, to help grow funding opportunities for a nonprofit that is expanding reading access to children in The Gambia, Africa.Serving as a research assistant with The Unique Foundation, Bunn spent two months on the ground developing expansion strategies for the … [Read more...]