Ryan Denham
/ WGLT
2020 was a blur. So many important things happened in the Bloomington-Normal community, from COVID-19 to racial justice protests to the recession. Oh, and a presidential election.
Here is a look at the 10 most-read stories from 2020 on WGLT.org.
Danielle Kater, a 30-year-old from Bloomington, was the youngest person we lost to COVID this year. Her family bravely stepped forward to tell their story, starting with this heartbreaking interview with WGLT’s Dana Vollmer. Kater’s family later spoke at one of Gov. JB Pritzker’s daily briefings about the importance of taking COVID precautions seriously.
Stay-at-home orders due to COVID meant fewer people were driving. Less driving means fewer car crashes. Fewer car crashes means big savings for auto insurers. State Farm, Country Financial, and many other U.S. auto insurance companies sent some of that money back to customers. Bloomington-based State Farm, of course, is the largest auto insurer in the U.S.