Looking Back – March 21

Around Columbus

March 21

2011

What were thought to be bullet holes found in copper sheeting being replaced on the leaky roof of Bartholomew County Courthouse turned out to be nothing more than the remains of an old railing.

1996

Mother Nature dumped up to 10 inches of snow on the Columbus area, leaving thousands of residents without power on the first day of spring.

1971

A service station at 2404 Central Ave. was pulled in half when a crane on a truck caught on the building’s roof and pulled the entire building from its foundation.