Looking Back – March 5

Columbus East High School graduate Jerone Wood pantomimed to Donnie McClurkin's song "Stand" during the Martin Luther King Community Breakfast at Columbus East in 2011. From The Republic archives

2011

MainSource Bank announced its plan to build a branch on the vacant lot at the corner of 25th Street and Central Avenue.

1996

A $2,000 reward was offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in connections with a fire at Dundee’s nightclub that fire investigators believed was arson.

1971

A refrigerated semi-trailer truck loaded with 40 tons of packaged meat flipped onto its side and skidded about 100 feet on U.S. 31 South, backing up traffic for more than four hours.