Columbus East senior Jason Kimmet reaches to snag the ball during the Olympians’ season opener against Bloomington North in 2013. East won the game against the Cougars 49-21.
From The Republic archives
Aug. 25
2013
After much outcry from landowners, Bartholomew County Drainage Board killed a $410,000 project to rebuild a 4.5-mile stretch of the aging Cook-Layman Regulated Drain in the north of the county.
1998
The Crump Theatre was slated to get a new roof and rehabilitated gutters thanks to a $22,000 Hometown Indiana grant from the state.
1973
Dr. Chong Bin Kim, Columbus pediatrician, performed a first-of-its-kind total blood exchange on a newborn infant at Bartholomew County Hospital.
