Looking Back – January 27

Adam Smith and his son, Gary, of 25th Street, hoped the pinewood car they built together would prove to be a winner in the Cub Pack 60 Pinewood Derby at First Baptist Church in 1970. From The Republic archives

2010

North Star Montessori School won city government approval to move into a vacant building in an area zoned for professional office space on Midway Street.

1995

Four Michigan juveniles who led police on a 54-mile chase in a stolen vehicle were apprehended at gunpoint after Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department deputies ended the pursuit with stop sticks near Taylorsville.

1970

Columbus native Mike Phipps was drafted to play professional football for the Cleveland Browns.