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Hoover man named Birmingham Veteran of the Year
Jim Langley was ready to go. A student at Jacksonville State University, he was already involved in the ROTC program at the height of the Vietnam War, and with little idea as to what he would do when he left college, he felt fighting for his country was a good backup plan.
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Building community: Homewood natives aim to add life to West Homewood
Owen Ferguson grew up in a Homewood where there weren’t a lot of things to do west of Edgewood. “Especially in West Homewood, there [was] not a lot to do over there,” he said. “Central Park, where the rec center is, and Edgewood and downtown Homewood — there’s a lot more to do: shopping and walking around restaurants. For the longest time, West Homewood was kind of just houses and random stuff.”
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Society of Preservation of Old Mills members visit historic Kymulga Grist Mill Park
ALPINE, Ala. – As part of its annual conference in Birmingham in October, the Society of Preservation of Old Mills (SPOOM) visited the historic Kymulga Grist Mill Park to experience its rich and unique history. “The stop was arranged by Ken Boyd of Pall Mall, Tennessee,” said Dave Cartwright...
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Calera mayor resigns following backlash from discriminatory comments
CALERA — The city of Calera's Mayor Kenny Dale Cost formally resigned from his position on Monday following backlash after discriminatory comments were made in his home. Council President Drew Bradshaw will now assume the duties of mayor. "At about 1:30 p.m. today, Mayor Cost submitted his official resignation...
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Mayor’s Minute: November 2026
Happy November, Homewood! Have you recovered yet from October and our Centennial celebrations? It was quite a few weeks; it’s still so impossible to believe that we are lucky enough to celebrate the last 100 years of our existence as a city. A Centennial only happens once! Not only was it an incredibly fun time with our neighbors and community, but it was also meaningful, educational and truly profound. Thank you all for being a part of it!
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KultureCity Preparing to Open the First National Accessibility Park at Historic Powell Steam Plant Downtown
KultureCity is creating a first-of-its-kind National Accessibility Park (NAP) in downtown Birmingham at the former Powell Steam Plant, designed to expand accessibility for all people—including those with invisible disabilities. The NAP will feature four central spaces: the National Disability Learning Center, the City Technical College, MOKA: Museum of Kulture for Accessibility, and the Intergenerational Park and Amphitheater. “We are thrilled to open a space that will help more individuals navigate disability post-diagnoses, including building career opportunities, and strengthen the Birmingham community through a sensory inclusive and accessible gathering space,” says Dr. Michele Kong, co-founder of KultureCity in a press release.
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Veterans Day focuses on the living
Veterans Day, observed each year on Nov. 11, focuses on the living – those who served honorably in the United States military in peace and war and returned to their families and other loved ones. This contrasts with Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May each year,...
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Continuing to show up: Hoover chamber gives Freedom Award to Vietnam veteran Bennie Ellis
On a shelf near the window in his home office in Hoover, among the photographs and the models of trucks and the things people gave him over the years, there is a plaque. The room is crowded. A comfortable chair, shelves, books, tables, a desk, every surface holding something. A man does not decide to accumulate a room this way. It happens one year at a time, and then one day he is 79 and there is nowhere left to set anything down.