Around Columbus
July 20
2010
Sweltering summer temperatures of 96 degrees and relative humidity combined for a heat index of an oppressive 112 degrees.
1995
Columbus Regional Hospital announced it would soon install a time-saving pneumatic tube system to carry lab samples, supplies and medications to 21 stations in 19 locations throughout the facility, including all nursing units, admitting, medical records, radiology, laboratory and pharmacy.
1970
More than 1,000 feet of concrete road surface was poured on State Street between Indiana and McKinley avenues, part of the continuing process of widening State Road 7.