Three courthouse employees decided to make a snowman on the courthouse lawn during their lunch hour on Dec. 22, 1973.
From The Republic archives
2013
A New York real estate investor stepped in to acquire FairOaks Mall for a fraction of what the previous owner owed on a past-due mortgage.
1998
For the first time in 14 years, Columbus temporarily suspended its annual trans-Pacific pilgrimages to attract Japanese investments.
1973
An early morning fire 6.5 miles southeast of Columbus on Road 650E gutted much of the inside of a residence on Route 2 and kept Elizabethtown and East Columbus rural firemen busy for about two hours.
