Gallery: 2020 Bloomingtonian Year in Photos

Members of the Bloomington Fire Department responded to a fire in a campsite in a wooded area in the 3600 block of W. Third Street, Thursday, January 24, 2020 in Bloomington, Ind. Firefighters had to wait for a brush truck to fight the fire which was several hundred feet off pavement, and while they were doing so, they discovered a cat, which they returned to its owner, who was living at the site when the fire began. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

02022020 – Iowa City, Iowa, USA: Supporters stand on a snow bank as Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at the Ceder Rapids field office, Sunday, February 2, 2020 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

02012020 – Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders campaigns two days before the Iowa Caucus, Saturday, February 1, 2020 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

02192020 – Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: A television image of democratic presidential hopefuls Joe Biden, and Mike Bloomberg blur together during a fade transition on a tv in a bar outside the Paris Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

02212020 – Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: United States President Donald J. Trump talks about Democratic presidential candidate hopeful Elizabeth Warren as he speaks to supporters at the Las Vegas Convention Center on the eve of the Nevada caucus, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

03172020 – Bloomington, Indiana, USA: A man pulls a wagon full of groceries while being followed by a boy holding a bouquet of flowers on St. Patrick’s Day. Schools have closed down, and children are often with their parents during the Covid-19/Coronavirus pandemic. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb closed all bars and restaurants in the state during the 2020 Covid-19/Coronavirus emergency, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

March 20, 2020 – Bloomington, Indiana USA: Kirkwood Avenue is completely deserted after midnight during the 2020 Covid-19/Coronavirus emergency, Friday, March 20, 2020 in Bloomington, Indiana. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb ordered bars closes, and restaurants closed to all but carry out business to stem the spread of the virus. Restaurants across down have closed, and many have laid off all their employees. Bloomington is a Big Ten college town, and many of the jobs in the community are in the service industry. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

March 23, 2020 – Bloomington, Indiana: First responders from IU Health Bloomington hospital pick up a woman at the corner of 1st St., and S. Walnut St., who was sitting slumped over, and was saying she was having trouble breathing, and other COVID-19/Coronavirus symptoms, Monday, March 23, 2020 in Bloomington, Ind. Police officers stood by after making first contact with the woman before emergency workers arrived in personal protective equipment to help the woman, putting her on a stretcher, and loading her into an ambulance. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

April 13, 2020 – Ellettsville, Indiana USA: Members of the Indiana National Guard support volunteer workers distributing food at Pantry 279 to help those experiencing food insecurity during the COVID-19/Coronavirus stay-at-home order in Indiana during the pandemic. Hoosiers have been ordered to only travel for essential needs. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

April 13, 2020 – Ellettsville, Indiana USA: A volunteer holds fruit while helping distribute food at Pantry 279 to help those experiencing food insecurity during the COVID-19/Coronavirus stay-at-home order in Indiana during the pandemic. Hoosiers have been ordered to only travel for essential needs. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

April 18, 2020 – Indianapolis, Indiana USA: A protester holds a sign that seems to be about the COVID quarantine. Protesters gather outside Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb’s mansion in the 4700 block of N. Meridian Street, to protest what they are describing as, “Government Overreach” as businesses, and institutions, continue to be shuttered during the stay-at-home order to combat the spread of COVID-19/Coronavirus in the state, Saturday, April 18, 2020 in Indianapolis, Ind. The protest was organized after protesters in Michigan protested earlier in the week. Similar protests have taken place around the United States, as Facebook pages, and websites, have popped up online with similar language promoting the events. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

April 18, 2020 – Indianapolis, Indiana USA: A protester open carries an AR style rifle while protesting. Two men exchange words after one on the left moved toward the one holding the flag, and wishing to social distance. Protesters gather outside Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb’s mansion in the 4700 block of N. Meridian Street, to protest what they are describing as, “Government Overreach” as businesses, and institutions, continue to be shuttered during the stay-at-home order to combat the spread of COVID-19/Coronavirus in the state, Saturday, April 18, 2020 in Indianapolis, Ind. The protest was organized after protesters in Michigan protested earlier in the week. Similar protests have taken place around the United States, as Facebook pages, and websites, have popped up online with similar language promoting the events. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

May 12, 2020 – Indianapolis, Indiana USA: A protester fixes an American flag blown over by wind at a memorial near the corner of 62nd Street and Michigan Road near where an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer fatally shot Dreasjon Reed, 21, last week,Tuesday, May 12, 2020 in Indianapolis, Ind. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

May 23, 2020 – Bloomington, Indiana USA: Connie Lawson carries an armful of flags. Members of the Lawson family place American flags at the graves of United States military veterans to honor them for Memorial Day at Valhalla Memory Gardens, Saturday, May 23, 2020 in Bloomington, Ind. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

May 31, 2020 – Indianapolis, Indiana USA: Ben Jafari cleans up blood where Chris Beatty was shot and killed hours before in Indianapolis the morning after riots in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and Sean Reed in Indianapolis; Sunday, May 31, 2020 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

June 7, 2020 – Indianapolis, Indiana USA: Black Lives Matter activists and family members gather at the Monroe County Courthouse Square to hold a vigil for BLM activist “Big” Mike Parker, who was shot and killed early Sunday. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

Levi Lindeman, 11, and his mother Dawn Lindeman stand outside their neighbors’ fire damaged home in the 5100 block of E. Earl Young Rd, Sunday, July 5, 2020 in Bloomington, Indiana. Levi saw smoke from the home at around 11:30 p.m. the previous night, alerted his father Todd Lindeman, and they woke up the sleeping residents in the burning home. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, UNITED STATES – 2020/07/06: Protesters march past the Monroe County Courthouse, Monday, July 6, 2020 in Bloomington, Indiana. Protesters are demanding justice for Vauhxx Booker, who was attacked at Lake Monroe on Saturday the 4th of July 2020. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, UNITED STATES – 2020/07/07: A member of “Citizens Protest Response and Safety,” holds a shotgun while attending a second night of protests against racism, Tuesday, July 7, 2020 in Bloomington, Indiana. Protesters are demanding justice for Vauhxx Booker, who was attacked at Lake Monroe on Saturday the 4th of July 2020. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

July 11, 2020 – Bloomington, Indiana USA: Bridget Dwyer rescues her yet unnamed kitten from a car’s engine compartment after it got scared and ran there to hide, Saturday, July 11, 2020, in Bloomington, Ind. Dwyer had already rescued the cat from some people in Kentucky who didn’t want it. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

July 17, 2020 – Bloomington, Indiana USA: The comet Neowise, discovered in March 2020, is seen over Bloomington, Indiana. The comet will be visible until later in July then won’t come around again for 6800 years. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

Rainbow seen from a Sunflower garden. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

September 3, 2020 – Bloomington, Indiana USA: Lexie Brown, who is a business major at IU, attends an online class activity on the lawn of her Alpha Omicron Pi sorority house (which is under quarantine) to distance from other house residents Thursday. Brown said she’s from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and most of the house’s residents have gone home, including everybody from Indiana. Brown said she was tested for COVID, and got negative results yesterday. Brown said sorority members still living in the house, who number less than 20, stay apart, wear a mask in all the commons areas, and try to stay outside the building when they can. Over 30 Greek houses at Indiana University are currently under quarantine. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

September 5, 2020 – Louisville, Kentucky USA: Two women watch as protesters march from South Central Park around the perimeter of Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day while demanding justice for Breonna Taylor who was killed by the Louisville Metro Police over 100 days ago. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

September 5, 2020 – Louisville, Kentucky USA: Members of the National Guard hide behind the doors of an armored vehicle as protesters march around Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day while demanding justice for Breonna Taylor who was killed by the Louisville Metro Police over 100 days ago. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

September 11, 2020 – Bloomington, Indiana USA: Joe McWhorter, left, and George Cornwell, of the Monroe Fire Protection District, post the colors as firefighters and first responders from Monroe County commemorate the 9/11 terrorist attack in the United States with a ceremony to honor the first responders and others who died nineteen years ago. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

September 15, 2020 – Bloomington, Indiana USA: The sun sets beyond Kirkwood Avenue in a haze of smoke making it appear redder than usual as wildfires burn on the West Coast over 2000 miles away. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

September 24, 2020; Bloomington, Indiana: Firefighters from the Bloomington Fire Department fight a fire that destroyed a warehouse in the 1000 block of W. Allen Street Thursday morning. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

October 13, 2020; Bloomington, Indiana: Fall colors are seen West of Bloomington along Maple Grove Road. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

October 13, 2020; Bloomington, Indiana: Firefighters extinguish a dumpster fire outside the Our Way C Store in the 1100 block of W. 11th Street Tuesday evening at approximately 7:13 p.m. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

October 24, 2020; Bloomington, Indiana: Black Lives Matter mural artist Christina Elam places a stencil. Bloomington community members paint a Black Lives Matter mural onto N. Elm Street between 7th and 8th Streets near the Banneker Center, Saturday. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

November 1, 2020 – Greenwood, Indiana USA: Trump supporter dressed as Pennywise the clown. Trump supporters gather in the Regal Greenwood & RPX movie theater parking lot to leave for a Trump parade caravan around Interstate 465 two days before the 2020 election. United States President Donald J. Trump is running for reelection against Democrat Joe Biden. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

November 3, 2020 – Bloomington, Indiana USA: Workers deliver ballots to Monroe County Government Election Central after the polls closed at 6 p.m. on Election Day for the 2020 presidential election. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

November 7, 2020; Bloomington, Indiana: Supporters celebrate at Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis after the announcement Biden is the president elect in the 2020 election against Donald J. Trump. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

November 9, 2020; Gosport, Indiana: A brush fire burned at least 30 acres including 15 acres of a corn field Monday afternoon along Bank Road West Ellettsville, Indiana. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)