Looking Back – November 15

Sheltered under her Barney umbrella, a beaming Kelsey Kreps, 4, gathered downtown with hundreds of others to usher in the Christmas season with musical fireworks and the arrival of Santa Claus in 1995. From The Republic archives

2010

Columbus Regional Hospital lost one of its most loved and faithful volunteers when Laddie, a 12-year-old collie that worked as a therapy dog for more than 10 years, died.

1995

Local federal employees were sent home because of a deadlock between the president and Congress that caused a government shut down.

1970

A Columbus mailman ran across a field and a busy street to Fire Station No. 2 at 27th Street and Central Avenue when he spotted a fire inside the nearby Asbury United Methodist Church while making his usual deliveries.