ROCKINGHAM — Eight of the 30 cadets who attended the annual Junior Police and Fire Academy received their certificates Tuesday at the beginning of the city’s National Night Out event.

ROCKINGHAM — Officials believe a house fire on the corner of Leak and Glenwood streets that displaced seven people early Wednesday morning was sparked by an electrical issue.

ROCKINGHAM — City Council members on Tuesday were given an overview of the annual Junior Police and Fire Academy summer program during their brief July meeting.

ROCKINGHAM — Are your kids interested in learning more about the work that first responders do?

ROCKINGHAM — The chiefs of the city’s fire and police departments on Tuesday presented the City Council with a round of statistics from their respective annual reports.

ROCKINGHAM — The Rockingham Fire Department is showing its continued support for the Muscular Dystrophy Association as they kick off their annual Fill the Boot fundraising campaign to raise critical funds to help transform the lives of kids and adults with muscular dystrophy, ALS and related muscle-debilitating diseases.

ROCKINGHAM — Firefighters are seeing if they still have what it takes when the alarm sounds.

ROCKINGHAM — More than 100 of Richmond County’s Special Olympics athletes took their turns at the lanes of Strikers Bowling Alley on Thursday.

ROCKINGHAM — A thick, black plume of smoke rose above the treetops near Beverly Hills Baptist Church during lunchtime Monday.