The Homewood Star — Neighborly News and Entertainment for Homewood, Alabama

News and updates from Homewood business for the month of November.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/businesses/homewood-business-happenings-november-2024/

Engage in your creative side by participating in the Homewood Public Library’s short story competition. Submissions are accepted until Nov. 30.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/news/homewood-public-library-hosting-short-story-competition/

In this interview, actor David Coker shares what he loves about performing and his connection to the audience when he acts.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/peopleplaces/get-to-know-homewood-theatre-actor-david-coker/

John Carroll Catholic High School's girls flag football team won its first round playoff game Tuesday.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/sports/John-Carroll/john-carroll-flag-football-playoff-110624/

The Alabama Sports Writers Association released its weekly poll Wednesday.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/sports/homewood/aswa-poll-110624/

Here's a look at this week's local high school football playoff games.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/sports/playoffs-preview-110624/

Homewood's Planning Commission on Tuesday recommended the approval of Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center's proposed development plan that would see the old Belk building in Brookwood V...

https://thehomewoodstar.com/news/homewood-planning-commission-recommends-approval-of-brookwoo/

This week's episode of the Under the Lights podcast presented by SYNLawn is now available.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/sports/under-the-lights-podcast-110524/

Homewood’s 24th consecutive Holiday Open House is just around the bend and, with it, is the start of the Christmas season for many local businesses.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/open-house-kicks-off-christmas-season-with-local-charm-festi/

Sports editor Kyle Parmley shares his thoughts on Week 11 of the high school football season.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/sports/weekend-wrap-up-110424/

Registration to participate in Homewood's annual Christmas parade is now open.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/news/registration-for-homewood-christmas-parade-now-open/

Alex Wyatt became mayor on Nov. 1 as Patrick McClusky retired from the position to spend more time with his family and pursue other opportunities.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/news/theres-a-new-mayor-in-town-alex-wyatt-aims-for-cohesive-sys/

Over 600 runners took to the streets of Homewood on Saturday for the 50th anniversary of the annual Vulcan Run 10k. The race traditionally took place in downtown Birmingham, but a police shortage...

https://thehomewoodstar.com/news/vulcan-run-50th-anniversary-a-success-in-homewood/

The Homewood Star is the community news source for Homewood, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham, including Hollywood, Edgewood and West Homewood neighborhoods.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/accolades-patriots-on-the-scoreboard/

Approximately 1,000 Homewood City Schools students qualified for reduced-cost or free lunches last year, and many students don’t have a bed to sleep in at night.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/news/homewood-helps-provides-food-place-to-sleep-for-city-youth/

Deborah Fout grew up in Homewood in the 1950s. As a child, she used the library, then at its second home, on the corner of Roxbury Road and Oxmoor Road.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/peopleplaces/back-when-%C2%A0retired-library-director-deborah-fout-recalls-mem/

The owners behind NOLA Ice / Broad Street Peaux Boys and the downtown event space Canvas On Morris have ventured even deeper into the hospitality industry with the debut of their newest concept: ...

https://thehomewoodstar.com/businesses/spotlight-do-not-disturb-sports-bar-comes-to-homewood_1/

Whiskey Foxtrot Burger Shoppe has been serving up a selection of handheld meals for just over a year in Homewood.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/businesses/spotlight-whiskey-foxtrot-celebrates-one-year-in-homewood/

Leah and David Knight, owners of the Homewood-based sports apparel store Bandwagon, were named Alabama’s 2024 Gee Emerging Retailers of the Year.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/businesses/spotlight-bandwagon-earns-emerging-retailer-of-the-year-awar/

Homebase, a private office/coworking space by LIV Ventures, opened on Oxmoor Road in September. Tom Spies, the president of LIV Ventures, spoke with The Homewood Star about the new development.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/businesses/spotlight-a-place-for-professionals-homebase-offers-private-/

Homewood will take momentum and an 8-2 record into a first-round Class 6A playoff game at home against Athens next week.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/sports/homewood-james-clemens-football-recap-110124/

Andrews Sports Medicine has proposed a plan to renovate the former Belk department store building at Brookwood Village into a medical office. The city of Homewood’s Planning Commission will hos...

https://thehomewoodstar.com/news/brookwood-village-sees-possible-action-with-development-plan/

Edgewood Elementary turned 100 this year, and the administration and parent-teacher organization have partnered together to celebrate the century of education that Edgewood has offered.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/news/edgewood-elementary-celebrates-a-century-of-education/

Homewood Middle School students participated in an immigration simulation on Oct. 31, 2024 where they recreated the experience of immigrating to the United States through Ellis Island.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/news/photos-homewood-middle-school-immigration-simulation/

Friday means high school football gameday for Homewood and John Carroll.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/sports/football-friday-110124/

As we head into the weekend, take a look at some events happening Nov. 1-3 and catch up on news you may have missed this week.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/news/editors-picks-the-vulcan-run-a-fall-festival-and-the-edge/

Check out what's happening in Homewood this November.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/news/events-guide-november-2024/

Homewood High School will be making a 13th consecutive playoff appearance this fall, and new starting quarterback Will Myers and the Patriots stayed the course and continued to improve throughout...

https://thehomewoodstar.com/sports/homewood/myers-leading-patriots-to-another-playoff-appearance/

With the 2024 election is less than a week away, take a look at Homewood polling locations and know where to vote.

https://thehomewoodstar.com/news/where-to-vote-on-nov-5/

Christopher Tickell is a cafe manager at the new Baba Java Coffee location at The Edge. In this interview, he shares what his favorite menu item is and why working in coffeeshop made sense for hi...

https://thehomewoodstar.com/businesses/restaurants/get-to-know-baba-java-cafe-manager-christopher-tickell/