Hoover News

Inside the new Earth Fare grocery store in Hoover on Tuesday, workers busied themselves preparing for today's opening: stacking oranges, bell peppers and other produce; arranging wine bottles in center-aisle displays; and filling platters with pasta, potato and egg salads to test the prepared foods cold case.

In the previous weeks, traffic along many of the major interstates has picked up considerably.

Earth Fare in Hoover, AL, is shown on May 29, 2012. The store, which will be the first Earth Fare in the Birmingham area, is getting ready for opening day tomorrow.

A Blount County contractor has been arrested and faces theft charges for crimes associated with work for the Riverchase United Methodist Church in Hoover.

The openly lesbian 15-year-old doesn't let it get to her. But it wasn't always easy for the soon-to-be 11th-grader in the Tuscaloosa County town of 1,828 people.

HOOVER, Ala. - Former Auburn High and Lawrence Academy standout Tyler Beede gave up three runs and four hits in 3-1/3 innings as Vanderbilt fell to Mississippi State, 3-0, in the Southeastern Conference championship at Regions Park.

Mississippi State's Wes Rea, left, and catcher Mitch Slauter, right, embrace pitcher Chris Stratton after he sealed the win as Mississippi State defeats Vanderbilt 3-0 to win the SEC Baseball Tournament Final at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala., Sunday, May 27, 2012.

HOOVER, Ala. - Ole Miss' pitching ran out Thursday.After allowing just two runs in their previous two games combined, the bats caught up to the ninth-seeded Rebels in their 11-2 loss to top-seeded LSU.The 1-2 showing eliminated the Rebels from the Southeastern Conference Tournament at Regions Park. 

KENTUCKY 5, MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 HOOVER, Ala. - Thomas McCarthy almost outhit Mississippi State by himself Thursday and starter Jerad Grundy overcame some early jitters as Kentucky moved into the semifinals of the SEC Tournament at Regions Park.

Gay marriage A motorcycle and an automobile are required to have a license for use on public roads.

A 55-year-old Hoover woman has been charged with violating of the Alabama Open House Party Law after police say they found alcohol at a graduation party last weekend.

The Hoover Police Department reports officers responded to a report of a loud party in the 2200 block of Rockview Lane in the Bluff Park area of Hoover Sunday, May 20, 2012.

HOOVER, Ala. -- Mike Yastrzemski brought home Vince Conde with a bunt in the eighth inning to give Vanderbilt a 3-2 victory over South Carolina on Wednesday night in the second round of the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament.Conde opened the eighth with a double off Tyler Webb .

HOOVER, Ala. - Demarcus Henderson drove in Mitch Slauter with a sixth-inning single to give Mississippi State a 3-2 victory over top-seeded LSU on Wednesday in the second round of the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament.

The Mayors of Vestavia Hills and Hoover throw their support behind a Tuscaloosa company vying to get Jefferson County out of the nursing home business.

From the Wynfrey Hotel at Riverchase Galleria, take a turn onto Highway 150 in Hoover.

HOOVER, Ala. - A.J. Reed didn't just do a little of everything for Kentucky on Tuesday.The southpaw shut out Ole Miss for 5.1 innings in the opening game of the Southeastern Conference Tournament at Regions Park.And then, as if that wasn't enough, the freshman also went 4-for-4 at the plate with three singles and a solo home run in the fourth ... (more)

The company looking to invest $24 million to build two new nursing homes to replace one run by Jefferson County questioned HealthSouth Corp.'s reasons for attempting to block the projects.

Kyle Hood, center, is assisted by his mother, Tiffany Hood, and friend, Brandon Morgan.

The sixth-seeded Razorbacks suffered a 9-1 loss to seventh-seed Mississippi State in Hoover, Ala., on Tuesday afternoon.