Looking Back – November 24

2006

The clerk of a Mexican general store on Central Avenue was tied up at gunpoint, and three men escaped with an undetermined amount of cash and calling cards.

1991

A 10-by-14-foot pump house was constructed on the site of the former Tri-State Plating hazardous waste site to help control and monitor contamination.

1966

An ordinance regulating the parking of recreational trailers and “campers” and also specifically prohibiting house trailers except in trailer parks was adopted by Columbus City Council.