2011
Columbus native and U.S. Rep. Mike Pence announced he would seek the Republican nomination for governor in 2012.
1996
Rain that wreaked havoc across the state closed area roads, caused Haw Creek to swell enough to collapse Greenbelt Golf Course’s wooden bridge on 10th Street and prevented Milestone Contractors’ crews from setting the first beams on the northbound lane of the double-arch bridge at Interstate 65 and State Road 46.
1971
The official Bartholomew County Sesquicentennial Office opened for the first time at 427 Washington St.
