Around Columbus
July 30
2007
Columbus native Tony Stewart won the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard for the second time.
1992
Troopers from the Indiana State Police along with members of the Indiana National Guard discovered and destroyed 70 marijuana plants worth more than $100,000 on property owned by Muscatatuck State Developmental Center at Butlerville.
1967
Local ministers held special services, along with others nationwide, to pray for reconciliation in the wake of recent racial violence that continued to wrack cities around the country.