John Cullen

Connecticut politicians expressed shock and sadness about the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday evening.

A screen grab taken from a video filmed by an AFP reporter shows armed agents climbing over chairs as they move to the stage after loud bangs were

Spencer Brown of Louisville, Colorado, crosses the finish line of the 2026 Athletic Brewing Company Fairfield Road Race Half Marathon finishing first with a time of 1:07:58 at Jennings Beach in Fairfield on June 7, 2026.

For the past dozen or so years, at the suggestion of my doctors, I've been walking two to three miles per day and feeling quite impressed with myself for my physical fitness.

I just saw a preview of a new movie coming out in mid-August, “The Brink of War.” It tells the story of the 1986 summit in Reykjavik, Iceland between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President …

Normally we Cullens try to stay out of the news, but last week we made a little of it ourselves when a big thunderstorm ripped apart an ash tree in our front yard. Mary and I were pictured with the downed tree in last Friday's Times Pilot. We weren't alone; there was a lot of damage elsewhere in Storm Lake and around Buena Vista County. A house on Shoreway Road took a hit to its roof from a large tree nearby.

On Saturday Storm Lake joins the rest of the nation in celebrating the 250th birthday of the United States of America. It was on July 4, 1776, that our nation's founders, meeting in Philadelphia, signed the Declaration of Independence, marking our freedom from the dictatorial king of England.

Thunderstorms brought strong winds and heavy rain to Connecticut on Saturday evening , knocking out power to more than 3,500 Eversource customers as of 8 p.m., according to the electric company.

There were about 52,000 power outages across Connecticut Sunday evening after about 100,000 late Saturday night.

Have you ever noticed that whenever you do something nice for someone, it makes you feel good? Even little things, like holding the door at the Post Office for someone juggling an armful of mail.