Looking Back – May 18

Cousins, from left, Craig, Joe and Brent Coy, inspected a 3-pound, 12-ounce mushroom measuring 11 inches tall found by Joe’s mother in Shelby County in 1970. From The Republic archives

2010

County officials announced more roads could be resurfaced than originally planned after bids for other paving projects came in more than $100,000 below estimate.

1995

Columbus Regional Hospital officials announced the development of a 5,000-square-foot walk-in health clinic, PromptMed Immediate Care Center.

1970

Members of United Auto Works Local 202 in Columbus posted antipollution signs, with permission of landowners, at 100 locations along streams in Bartholomew County.