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The government shutdown in November forced local nonprofits to fill in the gaps while SNAP benefits were cut off. WUFT’s Gabriel Velasquez Neira has more on how it impacted families then and what is happening with them now.

The Gainesville City Commission revisited plans to revitalize the site of Citizens Field at a meeting on Thursday.

Domestic violence frequently includes emotional manipulation and financial control, which can intensify during the season. She described scenarios in which an abusive partner may withhold money for necessities or gifts to enforce power.

Gainesville scored higher than cities such as Daytona Beach and Jacksonville, who scored 39 and 73, respectively.

“The victim’s family wanted me to thank the governor on their behalf,” said Jordan Kirkland, a spokesman for the Florida Department of Corrections. Though they witnessed the execution, their identities were not released.

The Matheshon House was built in the late 1850s by Alexander Matheson, and his wife Harriet Mary Perry, just a few years after the city was founded in 1854, making it the second oldest residence in the city.

“We saw what I think a lot of people have now seen over the years, some of the missteps of modern academia, turning your back on the core pillars of Western civilization, the foundational principles that made the United States what it's been,” DeSantis said.

On Saturday, November 22, from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M., all MCFR fire stations throughout Marion County will be open to the public for a special open house event.