Homewood News

Tracy True Dismukes, owner of Collage Designer Consignment shops in Homewood and Vestavia Hills, says shopping at consignment stores has become mainstream.A Thanks to the recession, frugality is now as fashionable as a Louis Vuitton handbag -- and a whole lot cheaper.

From left, the Spiced Pear Tea Room staff includes chef Linnea Davidson, hostess Kendall Westenburg and server Wade Evans.

Stacy Flippen stands in her Hollywood Baby warehouse just off Oxmoor Road. She started the company nine years ago in her Homewood home.A Hollywood Baby's products are sold in 15 states, from Texas to Pennsylvania, through people who host parties in their homes.

Several police cars and emergency responders are on the scene of a wreck this evening in Vestavia Hills after an SUV wrecked after apparently being chased by police.

The crowd watches with Toni Taylor of Homewood holding number 507. Birmingham News/Beverly Taylor.

Saw's BBQ owner Mike Wilson seasons chicken before putting it into the pit. [Saw's Barbecue, 1008 Oxmoor Road, Homewood; 879-1937 ] Saw's BBQ, the latest addition to the Edgewood area's mini-restaurant row, is already a contender on the Birmingham barbecue scene.

Residents next month will beA gin moving into downtown Homewood's Hallman Hill condominiums, a milestone for the development that started pre-sales almost three years ago.

Once again, I was astonished at the irresponsible waste that seems to permeate all aspects of Alabama government.

Homewood will accept names until July 17 for the Ward 3, Place 1 council seat that became vacant this week when J.J. Bischoff resigned to become Mayor Scott McBrayer's executive assistant.

An Alabama teenager has filed suit claiming he was roughed up by police after cheering for a friend during a graduation ceremony for Homewood High School.

Montgomery's Tommy Shaw sings with Styx at City Stages Friday night. Glorious weather Friday night -- and plenty of positive thinking -- helped usher in the 21st annual City Stages, Birmingham's financially strapped downtown music festival.

Fewer people are reported to have waited in line here in Birmingham, and in many places around the USA and world.

You'd think, after flushing $3.9 billion on sewer building and bills, Jefferson County would have cleaned up its act.

Just one day before Jefferson County Commissioners are expected to vote on cost-cutting resolutions, a host of Homewood business owners are concerned about one resolution that they believe will ecomically dampen their own businesses.

Rabbi Brian Glusman and his wife, Laurie, run Valley Enterprises, a line of Web sites offering a variety of products.

Kurt Kralovec of Trussville e-mailed a succinct request. "I would like the recipe for the great Philly cheese steak sandwich at Salem's Diner in Homewood," he wrote.

The Oxmoor Diner is on the strip in the Edgewood section of Homewood. The Oxmoor Diner recently opened up in a tiny space next to Saw's Barbeque on Oxmoor Road in Homewood.

Owner French Forbes III inside the Homewood showroom of Forbes Piano & Organ Co.

Kathryn Haddock walks some of the dogs Cross My Heart Rescue is trying to find homes.

Two local stores, one new, one newly transplanted, offer an abundance of tools for the avid cook.