Looking Back – December 17

2008

Slick roads caused dozens of wrecks across Bartholomew County as motorists took to roadways during the evening rush.

1993

Columbus City Council approved $11.8 million in tax abatements for expansions and new equipment at five companies: Arvin Industries, M.C. Aluminum America, Hardigg Industries, Flambeau Products Corp. and Turbine Engine Support.

1968

The microbiology division at Bartholomew County Hospital and two other agencies in Indiana were named national defense laboratories, which would, in case of a biological war, make tests and isolate organisms in southern Indiana.