Looking Back – January 9

Though sledding at Mill Race Park's amphitheater mound was banned, cousins Saoubon, Samugun and David Baosithong, from top, took advantage of another hill at the park, the ice-covered concrete slope under the covered bridge, in 1995. From The Republic archives

2010

A California organization tried to scam Columbus residents out of money by posing as a fundraiser for Columbus Police Department’s DARE middle school program.

1995

The Republic began publishing 365 days a year.

1970

Extending into a fourth straight day, frigid weather caused the closing of two local schools and canceled all but three classes at another.