Around Columbus
May 28
2011
No tornadoes were confirmed, but were suspected, in a series of three back-to-back storms that spawned spinning, funnel-like clouds and knocked out power to more than 9,000 Duke Energy customers in Bartholomew County.
1996
Columbus’s Tony Stewart, who started in the pole position and led the first 31 laps, was named Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year.
1971
Three tickets to the Indianapolis 500 were inadvertently thrown into the trash by a Columbus resident but were returned to the owner by an observant, and honest, sanitation worker who found them as he emptied trash cans on Hiker Trace.
