2009
A handful of inmates at Jennings County Jail refused to return to their cells, tied shut a cell block door and started a fire that led to evacuation of the cell block.
1994
Visitors to Bartholomew County Courthouse were greeted by a sheriff’s deputy, a walk-through metal detector and a hand-held metal detector as security was increased.
1969
Construction began on Hill’s Department Store, the largest retail store in Columbus to date, at Columbus Shopping Center on National Road.
