Photos captured Clark and Champaign Counties joy, pain in 2019

A Moorefield Township firefighter rushes into position to attack a fully engulfed house fire soon after arriving on the scene on Thomaston Trail Thursday. The homeowners were not home at the time of the blaze.

A Moorefield Township firefighter rushes into position to attack a fully engulfed house fire soon after arriving on the scene on Thomaston Trail Thursday. The homeowners were not home at the time of the blaze.

Many of the stories told in the Springfield News-Sun and on springfieldnewssun.com were conveyed to our audience through the work of News-Sun Photographer Bill Lackey.

From a devastating house fire in Moorefield Twp., to patriotic salutes at the Enon Fourth of July Parade, the pain of a family reeling from the loss of a loved one in the Oregon District mass shooting, to all the fun that comes with the Clark County Fair, these photos captured important moments around the Clark County region in 2019.