From the Newsroom: Gatehouse Media

Military service is the thread that weaves Bobby and Alexia Fields’ family life together. Together, they balance the demands of the Army with the responsibility of raising three young children.

Rockford Fire Department responded to a fire in the vacant former nursing home on North Main Street at about 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. The fire damaged the first floor and extended to the second floor. Crews battled the blaze inside the building for about an hour and twenty minutes before stopping due to safety concerns regarding the structural integrity of the building, according to District Chief Luis Duran. For more on this breaking news story go to www.rrstar.com.

Take a listen to a podcast centered on how the Spanish Flu of 1918 affected Erie. Find more material from this special project at http://gatehousenews.com/erieandthe1918flu/home/site/goerie.com

Standard-Times hockey writer Mick Colageo talks about the Bruins, recent trade talk, along with excerpts of interviews conducted with defenseman Brandon Carlo and centerman Coby Cave after the team's Dec. 8 morning skate at Warrior Arena.

State Reps.-elect Lisa Bunker of Exeter, left, and Gerri Cannon of Somersworth will be the first two transgender women to serve in the New Hampshire House.

18-year-old Pablo Orellano who recently arrived in Kittery, Maine after fleeing from his home country of Nicaragua. He currently seeks political asylum.

News-Journal editor Pat Rice talks to reporter Eileen Zaffiro-Kean about breaking the story behind a deal between Bethune-Cookman University and a developer for a six-story student dorm that fell through and left a struggling neighborhood in even worse shape than before.

Incoming Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis talks Trump, toxic algae, felon voting rights and more in exclusive interview

An Alamance County deputy shot and killed a family's German shepard while responding to a medical emergency call Dec. 4. The Irby family posted their own surveillance video of the incident online and officials say at least eight shots were fired.

This story is sparking heated debate online about officer training, why there won't be an official investigation, and why the dog's body will go to the landfill.

Reporter Kate Croxton and online editor Michael Abernethy talk through the story.

Do Savannah editor Heather Henley chats with Front Porch Improv founders Brianne Halverson and John R. Brennan. Music by Rude Dude and the Creek Freaks.