Looking Back – August 11

After brothers Dennis Tungate, 11, and Richard Tungate, 16, of Werner Avenue, caught a 15-inch largemouth bass at Mill Race Park in 1994, they brought it to The Republic offices for a picture of what they said was "the biggest fish to come out of Mill Race this year." From The Republic archives

2009

Tony Stewart won at Watkins Glen for a record fifth time.

1994

Area business owners and representatives voiced their approval of a proposed new sign ordinance that would significantly change the rules for citywide signage.

1969

Former heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay, 27, was arrested for going 85 mph in a 70-mph area on U.S. 31A just south of the Bartholomew-Jackson county line and was fined $10 by the justice of the peace in Reddington, Charles Spaugh.