Looking Back – October 5

Benjamin Taylor's black Lab/golden retriever mix, Bow Ninja, and NuGene Wilson's bull mastiff, Andre, struck up a friendship at the 12th annual Billie Marlin Memorial Day event to benefit Bartholomew County Humane Society at the 4-H Fairgrounds in 2009. From The Republic archives

2009

Columbus animal control officer Mike Briner was flown by Lifeline Helicopter to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis after he was struck by a car on the shoulder of Interstate 65 while trying to capture a dog running loose on the highway.

1994

Eighteen men were apprehended in a months-long undercover sting operation involving indecent exposure at Camp Atterbury’s Driftwood State Public Fishing Site near Edinburgh.

1969

The J.C. Penney store moved from its location downtown to a new 64,000-square-foot space at Columbus Center.