Looking Back – October 28

2008

Elijah Kenneth Lee Hobbs was the first baby born at the newly reopened Columbus Regional Hospital on the facility’s first day of operation since the June 7 flood.

1993

A seven-week Fall Friend-raiser volunteer-recruiting drive gained 44 new volunteers for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Bartholomew County.

1968

More than 150 people attended a candidates’ forum at the new Lincoln Elementary School, sponsored by Columbus League of Women Voters.