2008
A police chase started in Columbus and covered 20 miles before it ended in a crash south of Nashville, and a second high-speed chase ended after a driver ran his motorcycle into a retention pond north of Columbus just off U.S. 31.
1993
About 200 people braved temperatures in the 30s and a stiff wind to gobble up most of the unneeded equipment Columbus Regional Hospital auctioned in the parking lot at Rock-Tenn Co. on South Marr Road.
1968
The Mayor’s Commission on Human Rights gave unanimous approval to petition Columbus City Council for an open housing ordinance which would prohibit a property owner from refusing to sell or rent a property to a person because of his race, religion or national origin.
