Looking Back – January 28

Students took turns reading aloud about Nazi atrocities at Auschwitz concentration camp in Germany during a vigil held by the local student chapter of Amnesty International in 1995 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the camp's liberation. From The Republic archives

2010

Knit cozies were installed on tree trunks along Washington Street.

1995

Approximately 35 teens and adults sat in a circle somberly reading about the atrocities committed against Jews during a vigil marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp.

1970

A second overnight break-in in three days was reported at Carrico Furniture on U.S. 31.