Lindsay Cokel just started nursing school, and she already has a job lined up.Cokel, who’s working on her bachelor’s degree at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Nursing, will start at Brookwood Medical Center when she graduates. In exchange, Brookwood is helping pay some of her tuition.
Deals like Cokel’s are increasingly common as [...]

A 9-year-old girl helped save her younger brother from drowning in the family’s pool, and the girl and two neighbors are being recognized by the city for their heroism, police said.
Kamryn Fields, 9, discovered her brother Trevor, 2, floating in the family’s pool the afternoon of Aug. 10, after the boy had gone missing while [...]