This story appears in Birmingham magazine's December 2016 issue. Subscribe today! When Homewood Toy and Hobby opened in 1950, it didn't sell dolls or building blocks; there were no puzzles or books.

SOMERSWORTH — Sometimes going through the worst moments brings out the best in others. When a pair of local hobby shops were broken into in recent weeks, it brought the card-collecting community ...

MINNETONKA — The empty store space left by the closure of the Minnetonka Toys R Us will be filled when a Hobby Lobby arts-and-crafts store opens next year. The toy store at 14100 Wayzata Blvd. closed ...

SPRINGFIELD, MO- A store that caters to kids of all ages is making a big move and expansion on the city’s south side. In 2018, OzarksFirst’s Mike Landis spoke with local HobbyTown owner Tim Weyers ...

Hobby Lobby will open a store next year in a vacant Toys “R” Us space in Owings Mills. The crafting and home decor chain signed a lease for the Reisterstown Road site, also a former Babies “R” Us ...

Almost a year after Knoxville’s only Toys R Us store closed — along with the chain’s 800 other locations — Hobby Lobby announced it will take over the space in Suburban Plaza shopping center. The ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - If you’ve ever been driving around the Macon Rd. or Lakebottom area in Columbus, you might have noticed Michael Jackson’s Nissan Armada. He tells us when he retired he got bored ...