Looking Back – January 23

Charles Littiken plowed a path through the West Hill Shopping Center parking lot after the Columbus area was surprised with a 2-inch overnight snowfall in 1995. From The Republic archives

2010

More than 800 NASCAR fans gathered at J.D. Byrider Auto Sales in Columbus for a meet-and-greet session with Tony Stewart.

1995

Snow-covered roads slowed motorists and caused numerous mishaps, including a Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. bus that slid sideways into a ditch.

1970

Stressing a growing demand for lower cost housing, developers proposed an 84-space trailer park to be located about seven miles east of Columbus and north of Newbern.