Hometown Heroes for the Holidays: Acts of heroism, kindness and hope from 2020

CHICAGO (NewsNation Now) — It has been a year full of ups and downs, stress and grief, loss and hope. However, for one hour on New Year’s Day, NewsNation shared only good news from 2020.

A NewsNation Special Presentation: Hometown Heroes for the Holidays brought you stories you won’t see anywhere else. Stories of people in your communities doing incredible things. We hope it inspires you and reminds you that in all the bad — there is still good — and plenty of it.

You can watch the full special in the player above.

Tell us about your Hometown Hero

We know stories like these are happening all across the country and we want to hear about them.

If you have someone in your life that you think should be recognized as a Hometown Hero, we want to hear from you. Tell us who you want to nominate and why.