Mike Wolanin | The Republic A person is pulled by a Jeep during heavy snowfall at the former Fair Oaks Mall site in Columbus, Ind., Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic A person is pulled by a Jeep during heavy snowfall at the former Fair Oaks Mall site in Columbus, Ind., Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic Boden Keele holds a sign stating he reads banned books at a community read-in to protest HB1134 and SB17 at the Bartholomew County Public Library in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. The read-in was organized by library director Jason Hatton. Both bills would restrict minors from accessing what is categorized as “harmful materials” at libraries and make it a crime for librarians to provide those materials to minors.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic Ukrainian exchange student Ivan Bondar poses for a portrait at Columbus East High School in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Bondar came to Columbus East as an exchange student from Ukrainian city of Odessa.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic A prom goers crowd surfs during the BCSC Prom at The Commons in Columbus, Ind., Saturday, May 7, 2022.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic People march along Washington Street during a Bans off Our Bodies rally in downtown Columbus, Ind., Saturday, May 14, 2022.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic A Duke Energy employee inspects the damage to a power pole caused by sever thunderstorms in Columbus, Ind., Saturday, May 21, 2022.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic Alexandra Brandt holds her cat Novakane as paramedic administer oxygen to the cat after a house fire at her home at 807 Reed Street in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Brandt and her cat were rescued by firefighters from the burning structure.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic Jennifer Rumsey gives a speech as the new President and CEO of Cummins Inc., during a press conference at the Cummins Corporate Office Building in Columbus, Ind., Thursday, July 14, 2022. Rumsey is the first woman CEO since the company was founded over 100 years ago. Rumsey was previously the chief technical officer of Cummins.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic Demolitions begins on the former Goody’s site to make way for the fieldhouse at NexusPark in Columbus, Ind., Monday, Aug. 22, 2022.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic Therese Copeland, from left, executive director of development for Ivy Tech Columbus, Ivy Tech President Sue Ellspermann, local philanthropist and business owner Tony Moravec and Ivy Tech Columbus Chancellor Steven Combs take part in a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completing of Ivy Tech Columbus’ new campus building named Moravec Hall in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic Columbus firefighters put water on a site of a large fire at 422 Fifth Street in downtown Columbus, Ind., Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic Shiam Sunder Shankar Subramanian steps out of a Bartholomew County Sheriff transport van at the Bartholomew County Courthouse for his sentencing hearing in the death of Columbus East student Lily Streeval in Columbus, Ind., Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Subramanian struck and killed Streeval, 16, with his car as she attempted to board her school bus in August of last year.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic Concrete is poured for the base of the field house at NexusPark in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic Chuck Luedeman, dressed as Santa, sits next to Ainoah Perez as she plays with some toys she received from the Columbus Firemen’s Cheer Fund on the annual cheer fund distribution day at the Cheer Fund building in Columbus, Ind., Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022.
