Coordinator of transportation for the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp., Merrill Groves, gets “tied up” by bus driver Alfred Armstrong of Westport, left, while Captain Gary Coon of the Columbus Police Department and first aid instructor watches and checks the work during a first aid course for school bus drivers.
From The Republic archives
2014
The Edinburgh boys basketball team slipped past host Brown County with a thrilling 54-50 overtime victory. The Lancers finished the regular season carrying a 12-7 record into the sectional tournament.
1999
The Columbus North boys swim team beat Lake Central and rival Carmel for its second straight IHSAA Boys Swimming Championship. A huge turnout of North fans at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis helped push the Bull Frogs to victory.
1974
Two teams that failed to win a Columbus sectional high school basketball tournament game the year before emerged as first-round winners in 1974’s sectional opening night. Columbus North avenged 1973’s loss to city foe East, 44-37, while Hauser edged Brown County, 67-65, for its first tourney win since 1969.
