A special Christmas collection of ornaments and home decorations are featured in the Gary Webster family Christmas on Dec. 24, 1975. Pictured in their Columbus home are, from left, Gayle, Kelly, Gary and Jodi Webster.
2015
Morgan Abel of North Vernon, a nurse at Columbus Regional Hospital, was selected as Miss Indiana USA and would represent the Hoosier state in the Miss USA pageant.
2000
Most of North America was treated to a partial solar eclipse on Christmas Day that blotted out as much as 60% of the sun around midday.
1975
Columbus had its first white Christmas since 1947, with 1.1 inches of snow blanketing the ground. Only a trace amount of snow, .02 inches, fell on Christmas Day in 1962.
