Faith was 22 when she got pregnant. Her fiancé and family said her life would be over unless she had an abortion. Then, she stumbled on a pregnancy resource center.
The end of 2020 couldnât get here fast enough for many. Itâs been the year of the toilet paper shortage, face masks, quarantines, job losses and political strife. It will be remembered as the Presidential election year when a pandemic altered life for people across the globe.
Coronavirus affected life in Madison County, too. And there were numerous COVID-19 stories on the front page of The Madison County Journal in 2020, but there was plenty of local news not related to the virus this year.
Here is a look back at front-page news in The Journal in 2020:
JANUARY
â¢Madison County commissioners voted 5-0 to include a referendum on the 2020 General Election ballot to allow voters to decide on whether to give senior citizens a break on their property tax bills.