Around Columbus
May 24
2011
A funnel cloud was spotted near State Roads 11 and 46 and a thunderstorm carrying winds up to 70 mph blasted through the area, damaging buildings, throwing trees into houses and onto vehicles and leaving thousands without power.
1996
A fire that gutted a 12th Street house generated enough heat to ignite the house next door and damage the house on the opposite side.
1971
Sap’s Foods announced it was getting out of the restaurant business to increase bakery production by 50 percent.
