Looking Back – May 12

2009

Bartholomew County Coroner Allen Smith was chosen to be a contestant on “The Biggest Loser” reality series.

1994

Hope Parks and Recreation Department decided to make the town’s three parks off limits to baseball and bicycle riding, saying those areas were too small for such activities to be safe.

1969

A new national political party organized in Cincinnati, the American Party, filed papers in the county clerk’s office requesting to be recognized in Bartholomew County.