Looking Back – March 26

2006

Four inches of snow turned the first few days of spring into a winter wonderland that melted by mid-afternoon thanks to warm ground and even warmer temperatures.

1991

Cummins Engine Co. announced a plan to reopen its Walesboro plant to produce B Series engines and create 500 new jobs in the next two years.

1966

With enrollments running two years ahead of a 1963 estimate, Bartholomew Consolidated School Board approved an architect’s recommendations for a new Lincoln Elementary School and a proposed addition and remodeling at Columbus High School.