Columbus North’s Olivia Stewart, left, and Hayden Lang of Columbus East collided on a header during the first half of the sectional championship game at Richard Wigh Soccer Complex in 2013, the first sectional win for the Olympians in seven years.
From The Republic archives
Oct. 15
2023
Bartholomew County voting officials considered switching to a plan which would replace 49 polling places, each for voters from specific precincts, with 17 voting centers placed strategically around the county where voters from any precinct could cast a ballot.
1998
A mother whose Columbus Village apartment caught fire in the early morning dropped her young sons to the safety of neighbors waiting below then squeezed through a small window to jump to safety herself.
1973
An entertaining fall weekend saw a steady crowd of people visiting the Columbus Arts Guild Fall Fair on the Square at Bartholomew County Public Library Plaza and almost bumper-to-bumper lines of cars traveling county roads to attend the first annual Historic Homes Tour sponsored by the county historical society.
