Looking Back – March 23

2009

Columbus Police Department reported the number of fraud cases, which included anything from check-cashing scams to identity theft, increased 77 percent from January to March compared to the same time period in 2008.

1994

Columbus North High School teacher Jim Pfaffenberger was selected Youth Service Worker of the Month for February by the Bartholomew County Youth Service Coalition.

1969

Arvin Industries announced plans to purchase a 30-acre building site in a North Vernon industrial park for the construction of a 21,000-square-foot plating plant.