Looking Back – June 23

2007

Faced with a $123 million overhaul of Columbus North and Columbus East high schools, school officials considered splitting the renovation projects into two phases and seeking two bond issues.

1992

Members of the Columbus hazardous materials team successfully cleaned a hydrochloric acid spill inside a truck at Roadway Trucking.

1967

Six local residents attending the Eagles Lodge State Convention in Indianapolis were among guests who had to be evacuated when fire swept through the city’s landmark hotel, The Claypool.