Homewood News

HOMEWOOD, Alabama -- The Homewood City Council last night approved a variety of amendments to the city's fiscal policy in a split 7-1 vote that eliminate requirements to report certain financial information, ease budget report deadlines for the mayor's office and change instructions on how much the city must maintain in reserve funds.

HOMEWOOD, Alabama -- If numerous police and fire vehicles start congregating at the Colonial Brookwood Village shopping center this evening, it's only for training.

Homewood police seized more than 30 ounces of meth from Juan Alberto Canedo, a 19-year-old Mexican national, durin ga traffic stop on May 14.

HOMEWOOD, Alabama -- Homewood High administrators placed the school on lockdown this morning after a staff member discovered an unattended black book bag in the building.

For his fifth novel, "The Kings and Queens of Roam," Birmingham native and "Big Fish" author Daniel Wallace has imagined yet another extraordinary fantasy world filled with odd and colorful souls -- both living and dead, tragic and comic.

Rev. Jack Alvey, associate rector at All Saints' Church in Homewood and Rev. Katie Nakamura Rengers, associate rector at St.

Put on your drinking shoes, craft beer lovers. American Craft Beer Week starts today and Alabama's breweries, restaurants and bars have put together quite an impressive array of events to make sure you stay busy all week long.

The Assistance League of Birmingham is cooking up 200 fresh Maine Lobsters Friday May 10, 2013 behind their headquarters in Homewood.

Steel City Pops, the way-cool pop shop founded last year by entrepreneur Jim Watkins, will open its third location this afternoon in Mountain Brook's Crestline Village.

A decade after Michelle Hamff Knutson made the ambitious move of founding a dance company, Sanspointe Dance Company has become a vital force in Birmingham's modern dance community.

A security guard who helped to capture a robber and a police sergeant who worked a triple murder were among more than a dozen people honored by the Homewood Police Department this week.

HOMEWOOD, Alabama -- The Homewood City Council last night delivered two split-votes that approved both a ban on package liquor sales at certain locations and an ordinance to enter into a six-month moratorium on the use of pole signs throughout the city.

Auburn third baseman Damek Tomscha was named SEC player of the week after having two key hits in the series win over no.18 Ole Miss over the weekend.

The Spirit Scamper fund-raiser and the daylong festival scheduled at Patriot Park were rained out, but the Lions Club barbecue sale and a street dance went forward after skies cleared in the afternoon.

Looking for a good fiesta? Several businesses throughout the Birmingham area are gearing up to celebrate Cinco de Mayo this weekend.

HOMEWOOD, Alabama -- Homewood police have released the name of woman arrested in connection with dozens of crimes currently under investigation.

HOMEWOOD, Alabama -- Pinches Tacos and Pure Barre are teaming up this month to host their first "Pure Pinches Annual Cinco de Mayo 5K Race" on Sunday, May 5. The race will both begin and end at the Pinches Tacos restaurant in Homewood, 300 Hallman Hill E. #109, at the intersection of Oxmoor and Firefighter Lane.

A small convoy of food trucks and trailers will take over the upper level parking lot outside Macy's at Colonial Brookwood Village on Saturday for the second Protective Life Food Truck Round Up.

Ask most people if the likelihood of recruiting better prepared and more able workers is enhanced by higher compensation, and you'll probably get consensus -- for football coaches, CEOs, architects, surgeons, lawyers, actors, professional athletes or web developers.

Local TV meteorologist James Spann speaks to students and parents at Cordova Elementary School Wednesday April 14 , 2012.