Looking Back – September 2

2008

A field specialist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency reported FEMA had made $13 million in grants and $18 million in loans to Bartholomew County residents, more than any other county in the state, since storms and flooding in late May and early June.

1993

Hoosier Lottery officials presented a permanent sign to Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. recognizing the lottery’s $300,000 contribution for renovation work at Jefferson Education Center.

1968

A speech given by the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy on the steps of Bartholomew County Courthouse was included in a filmed memorial tribute shown during the Democratic Convention in Chicago.