Looking Back – May 20

Amanda McKay, left, and Erin Hawkins rode along the People Trail as they participated in the nationwide "Bike to Work Week" in 2010. From The Republic archives

2010

Efforts to organize “Pops on the Plaza” to replace the popular, decades-old Popfest, failed and the event was cancelled.

1995

Traffic congestion west of Columbus was expected to be alleviated with the addition of two lanes to the current two-lane West Indiana 46.

1970

Plans were revealed for the developing of a shopping center with an Ayr-Way discount department store on National Road between Everroad Park West and the Penn Central Railroad tracks.