2009
LaQuinta Inn & Suites, a national hotel chain, announced plans to build a four-story, 78-room facility in Columbus on the site of the former Knights Inn near Interstate 65.
1994
After months of record building starts, the number of home construction permits dropped 66.7 percent within the city and 25 percent in the county.
1969
Albert E. Schumaker, founder of the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Columbus, died at age 78.
