Around Columbus
April 23
2011
Heavy rainfall swamped the state and residents near the Flatrock, Driftwood and East Fork White rivers in western Bartholomew County took steps to head off the highest flood threat since June 2008.
1996
Nine departments responded to a fire that destroyed the Odd Fellows building, one of the last original structures in downtown Elizabethtown.
1971
More than 1,200 Baptist youths converged on Columbus for a three-day Indiana Baptist Youth Fellowship convention headquartered at First Baptist Church.
