STAFFORD — Sixteen area residents came to Garrisonville’s Wawa (near Rosner Toyota) early Thursday morning to join radio station Thunder 104.5 to sing on-air.

Upcoming events in the area.

STAFFORD — Local resident Courtney Thompson was the big winner on an episode of “Wheel of Fortune,” which aired Monday night.

STAFFORD — “America’s Most Wanted” visited Fredericksburg last week to tape interviews with city Chief David Nye and some of his staff.

STAFFORD — Each week, ABC Television Network hosts “Wife Swap,” inviting two contradictory families from across the country to participate in a two-week long challenge.

I admit, as an aging baby boomer, I’m hardly the “target demo” for this film. However, my belief is that any movie can entertain and engage a viewer of any age, if the folks who made it make the effort.

WOODBRIDGE — The trouble with winning at Jeopardy! is that you have to turn around and try to do it again almost immediately.

Millions of visitors flock to Washington each year to view the Cherry tree blossoms.

Upcoming events in the surrounding area.

It’s the first compound you learn in chemistry class. One molecule of sodium bonds with one molecule of chloride to form sodium chloride, NaCl — table salt.

LOS ANGELES — Isaiah Washington’s landlord has started an eviction procedure against the former “Grey’s Anatomy” star, claiming he owes $100,000 in rent.

Kelly “Isabella” Falk couldn’t believe her eyes.

NEW YORK — As Jimmy Fallon prepared to debut as host of NBC’s “Late Night,“ he found his predecessor, Conan O’Brien, in his dressing room, still packing up.

Coraline,“ the first stop-motion animated film to be conceived and shot in 3-D, is visually dazzling, as you’d expect — but strangely joyless.

There were nearly 60 commercials during this year’s Super Bowl, including the first in 3-D: a 30-second trailer for the animated movie “Monsters vs. Aliens” coming out in March and a commercial for PepsiCo’s Sobe Lifewater energy drinks.

STAFFORD — Great Danes to miniature dachshunds and poodles seemed to have recently overrun the lobby of Regal Aquia 10 Cinema.

RICHMOND — A new stamp honoring Edgar Allen Poe on his 200th birthday was unveiled last week at the Library of Virginia in Richmond with reflections by a distant cousin and a stirring reading of one of his best-known poems.

RICHMOND — Korey Outerbridge was in Iraq when the idea came to him: He needed to write a children’s book.

STAFFORD — Richmond’s former governor and even more recently, its former mayor, has taken on teaching and in his spare time, blogging. 

Need plans for New Year’s Eve? Check out this events’ calendar.

LOS ANGELES — Four years after a stroke, Dick Clark is relishing the prospect of another New Year’s Eve celebration, determined to appear for his 36th year in Times Square.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Although there didn’t seem to be a dry eye in the house during the preview, the crowd in the theater laughed during most of Marley’s comical romp through the life of journalists John and Jenny Grogan.

This is a list of upcoming events throughout the community.

STAFFORD — So, what are the chances of two Stafford County High School graduates being on the same major network comedy in one night?

How can a movie miss with five Oscar winners among its all-star cast? Yet “Four Christmases” is as stale as 3-year-old fruitcake, and even Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Robert Duvall, Jon Voight, Jon Favreau and Mary Steenburgen can’t rescue this farce.

The following were issued marriage licenses by the Stafford County Circuit Court in October:

STAFFORD – Enthusiasm started early as large groups recently visited Riverside’s Dinner Theater to see “Peter Pan” (played by Justin Scott). They waited for him to take off into flight.

Halloween just isn’t the same without a scary movie or two to make your skin crawl.

When it comes to roosters, you can crow without the crow.

NBC is seeking hilarious and entertaining holiday moments from Virginia families for a new holiday TV-show.