Looking Back – September 10

IU basketball standout Steve Alford, a celebrity spokesman for Big Brothers/Big Sisters, signed an autograph for 9-year-old Khris Harris who was a greeter at a male recruitment dinner for prospective volunteers interested in becoming a Big Brother in 1994. From The Republic archives

2009

Bobcat sightings in Bartholomew County and descriptions of their piercing screams pointed to a rise in the animals’ population in central and southern Indiana.

1994

Fire investigators met to discuss similarities in a month-long series of arsons in Columbus and Seymour that resulted in more than $150,000 in damages.

1969

An 11,000-gallon storage tank ruptured, spilling an estimated 9,000 gallons of gasoline at the Ralph R. Hinds Oil Co. on Franklin Street.