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Hoover couple cancels dream wedding for smaller COVID-19 pandemic nuptials
While they didn't get their planned wedding, their Kirkman Preserve neighborhood gave them a surprise grand sendoff. Read more
Metro Roundup: Homewood native earns spot on Dance Magazine’s annual Top 25 to Watch list
Every year, Homewood native Annie Morgan looks forward to reading Dance Magazine’s annual list of top 25 dancers, choreographers and companies to watch. This year, she saw her own name on the list. Read more
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Metro Roundup: Homewood resident paired with life-changing service dog
Rachel Smolin has epilepsy, so being alone for even five minutes could mean that a seizure goes unnoticed for too long. But with the help of Trixie, a golden retriever service dog, Rachel could eventually live a safe, independent life. Read more
Metro Roundup: Ryan Shines Burn Foundation growing ‘deep and wide’ as it helps children, families
The family has used the foundation’s activities, including numerous camps and special events, to aid the process of emotional and psychological healing for burn victims, family members and firefighters. Read more
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Metro Roundup: NASCAR becomes traveling hobby for Trussville couple
After more than two dozen trips to NASCAR races, Ellen Turner can help her husband, Daniel Turner, take out and repair the U-joints on their van’s drive shaft. She would not have known what or where that was a year ago. Read more
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Metro Roundup: Local authors aim to inspire others by sharing testimonies in new book
After meeting in a brunch small group, they discovered a mutual calling to help hurting women and share their testimonies through writing. Read more
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Sharp and skilled: Bluff Park craftsman finds new calling in axe restoration
What the 35-year-old Bluff Park resident didn’t know was that his obsession for old axes was about to turn into a business venture that would spread nationwide. Read more
Patti Rufner Jacobs Honored by Lily of the Cahaba DAR Chapter
On March 14, members of the Lily of the Cahaba Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution marked Women’s History Month (March) and commemorated the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage. Read more
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Metro Roundup: Chelsea welcomes Eli back home
Eli Hairston was welcomed back to his hometown with open arms. A homecoming party was held on Feb. 6 at the Chelsea Middle School gym for the eighth-grader, following his release from Children’s Hospital of Alabama. Read more
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PHOTOS: Sunny weather greets opening day baseball at Hoover Sports Park West
Hoover Sports Park West, also known as Shades Mountain Park, has 734 baseball players on 71 teams this year. Read more
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First Patton Creek Art Festival labeled success by organizers
The Central Alabama Artist Guild moved its spring show back to Hoover and renamed it this year. Read more
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Nine young men from Inverness BSA troop earn Eagle Scout rank
All the boys are either current or former students at Oak Mountain and Spain Park high schools. Read more
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Hoover library spices up 2020 Southern Voices Festival with romance panel
The average romance reader reads 10 to 12 books a month, novelist Sarah MacLean said. Read more
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From caveman kid writer to award-winning novelist, Laura Lippman shares journey in Hoover
New York Times bestselling crime and mystery writer Laura Lippman shares her life journey with Southern Voices audience in Hoover. Read more
Photos courtesy of Randy Hemphill.
Metro Roundup: Mending men’s hearts
Hemphill published his second book, “The Restored Man,” in 2019, which details his journey from being a religious man to a restored man and provides a process to help men grow both spiritually and emotionally. Read more
Photo by Erin Nelson.
Metro Roundup: Vestavia Hills pastor helps create website, app to help mothers, children
The website includes hundreds of listings of resources ranging from churches, the Jefferson County Department of Health and other nonprofits, all of which provide help to people in general, and specifically to mothers and children, Read more
Photo courtesy of Chip Watts
Watts graduates from U.S. Marine Corps boot camp
After military combat training, the 18-year-old Hoover High School graduate is headed to his military occupation specialty school in Texas. Read more
Photo by Jacob Cole.
Hoover’s 1st all-female Scouts BSA troop finds its way
Boy Scouts isn’t just for boys anymore. The name has changed from Boy Scouts of America to Scouts BSA, and in 2019, the group started allowing girls to participate. Read more
Photo provided by Jill Spero
Fourth-grade boy finds $900 cash while shopping at Hoover Target
With the help of police, the store was able to locate the woman who lost the money. Read more
Photo by Jacob Cole.
Bridge provides challenge to national champion Roy Martin
Martin took home the title in the 2019 Summer North American Bridge Championships in Las Vegas this past summer. Read more
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