The Homewood Star

08/10/2025

School is now in session for Homewood City Schools! We want to see your first day of school photos. If you would like to see your child featured in our back-to-school photo gallery, drop it below. You can also email them to [email protected]. Please include your name, your child’s name, your child’s grade level and what school they attend in the body of the email.

08/10/2025

We sent the 2025 Under the Lights preseason football magazine to press Friday. It'll be distributed free at locations around the city - details to come. Want one shipped to your house? Link: https://underthelights365.com/home

08/08/2025

Have a question for Homewood municipal election candidates? Submit it via the link for Tuesday's Citywide Elections Candidate Forum. Questions must be received by Sunday to be considered.

https://forms.gle/gCPC4yjTPPqAJJHE8

08/08/2025

Looking for something to kid-friendly to do this weekend? Urban Air Adventure Park is celebrating its 9th anniversary in Homewood.

Urban Air Adventure Park in Homewood will host its 9th Birthday Bash on Saturday, Aug. 9, at 10 a.m. at 800 Green Springs Highway. The first 200 guests in line to purchase a Platinum day pass will receive free basic park access for one year.

08/05/2025

Developer Mike Mouron has withdrawn his steakhouse and park plan for Homewood’s former police property; public hearing on the now‑dropped rezoning will still be held Aug. 11.

Developer Mike Mouron has withdrawn his steakhouse and park plan for Homewood’s former police property; public hearing on the now‑dropped rezoning will still be held Aug. 11.

08/01/2025

Your voice matters!

Join us for the 2025 Homewood Citywide Elections Candidate Forum. Hear from those running for office, ask questions, and get informed before you vote.

📅 Tuesday, August 12 at Rosewood Hall

Register Today → https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1549620660109?aff=oddtdtcreator

07/31/2025

Claire Mitchell, a rising junior at Homewood High School, is one of the nation's best in taekwondo.

Homewood rising junior Claire Mitchell recently competed in Arizona.

07/31/2025

Today's featured athlete in the Under the Lights countdown to kickoff series is Homewood tight end Hayes DeCoudres.

Thursday marks 22 days until the start of the high school football season.

07/29/2025

Athletes like former Homewood volleyball player Mackenzie Yoakum, who currently plays for the University of West Georgia, have already weathered NIL, the transfer portal and scholarship uncertainty. Now they face something even stranger: a paycheck from the school they play for.
What that means — and how long it lasts — is still in question.
“With NIL expanding and the transfer portal becoming a more disposable route, I think that the use of the portal is being warped to fit what these athletes initially want out of their college experience: money and a good time,” Yoakum told the Homewood Star.
🏐 Find out how former local prep stars, like Yoakum, are navigating the new, professionalized world of college sports in real time in "Updating the Playbook": https://thehomewoodstar.com/sports/updating-the-playbook/

07/25/2025

The track and field star was named a PNC Achievers Award winner.

07/22/2025

Homewood's Levi Nickoli played in the North-South Baseball Classic on Monday.

AHSAA All-Star Week began in Montgomery on Monday with the golf and baseball competitions. In the North-South Baseball Classic doubleheader, the South team won 16-6 and the teams tied 7-7 in the second. However, Vestavia Hills' Gavin Smith was the MVP of the North team, hitting a home run in the first game of the series.

Briarwood Christian's Parker Daniels drove in three runs over the series. Homewood's Levi Nickoli knocked in a run and threw two innings in the second game. Rhys Jones of Spain Park also drove in a run.

Photo courtesy of AHSAA.

07/21/2025

Hundreds of cyclists participated in the annual Tour de Cahaba in Homewood, AL on July 13, 2025. With six route options ranging from 5 to 65 miles, cyclists enjoyed a post race celebration with food and music at Cahaba Cycles in Homewood. Check out some of the images here, and more at the link in the comments.