2009
A standing-room only crowd of about 100 people attending a County Council meeting heard 14 of 16 speakers urge the council to adopt an Economic Development Income Tax to help make up for revenues lost due to lower property taxes enacted by the Indiana Legislature.
1994
McDowell Adult Education Center awarded 53 diplomas.
1969
With less than two weeks remaining until the end of the school year, Bartholomew Consolidated School Board and Columbus Educators Association failed to come to terms on teacher contract provisions, leaving more than 600 members of the teaching staff without 1969-70 contracts.
