Mountain Brook News

School financial officers from around the state will be getting hands-on training next week in Mountain Brook on the business end of education.

Natalee Holloway of Mountain Brook, Ala., vanished while on a graduation trip with her friends in Aruba.

A new, more accurate way of calculating Alabama's graduation rate shows that fewer students are leaving high school on time and with a diploma than previously claimed.

Throughout 2012, as the Alabama Tourism Department celebrates "The Year of Alabama Food," The Birmingham News will spotlight some of the restaurants, cafes, bistros and bakeries on the list of "100 Dishes To Eat in Alabama Before You Die." This is a weekly series that appears Fridays in City Scene .

When statements are made in the absence of research, it's tantamount to just blowing smoke.

The Western Supermarket in Mountain Brook will host a wine tasting with Robin Riddell from Winebow Imports on Tuesday, May 22, at 5:30 p.m. There will be at least seven wines from Italy, Argentina and Chile, including an Argentine Amarone-inspired wine.

A month after lowering the speed limit on Overton Road, the Mountain Brook City Council has raised it back in certain areas in response to the public.

The location, in the Eagle Village Shops, will offer consignment services on jewelry, paintings and decorative arts.

The Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority recently appointed Andrew Edwards as its newest board member.

When Christopher Peak and Ashley Zeiger set out to plan their wedding they knew an outdoor ceremony might be a little too nontraditional for some guests.

A warm winter has led to a spring invasion. More homeowners are finding bee hives have secretly moved in.

The Alabama Supreme Court has declined to hear the latest appeal from a man sentenced to die for killing a federal judge in Alabama.

Edwards, of Vestavia Hills, becomes that city's representatitive to the transit panel following realligment which resulted in Homewood and Mountain Brook members being replaced with seats from Hoover and Vestavia Hills.

"It was really hard during 9th grade because that's when I started getting sick all the time<" says Matthews.

The WellHouse special ops team meets once a week to hit the street of Birmingham to tackle a big problem.

About 80 people showed up tonight for a public hearing on Mountain Brook's long-proposed Lane Parke at Mountain Brook Village Development.

People were caught milling around downtown Birmingham, hoping to get a glimpse of movie actors of the new Jackie Robinson movie "42". Onlookers say, "A lot of people walking around in their 1940's outfits." A big economic boost for Birmingham today .

The Spain Park High School girls' golf team currently sits in third place in team standings after collectively posting a 39-over par 255 on the opening day of the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 6A state tournament May 14 at the Robert Trent Jones Grand National course in Auburn.

Customers line up for lunch from the Shindigs Catering food truck earlier this week.

Tiffany Denson has been making her all-natural salad dressings, T.Lish salad dressing since 2006.