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A video round-up of local, state and national stories for readers in North Central Florida: Gov. Rick Scott visits UF, gas prices increase, deadly stampede in India, Pope Benedict XVI to step down, five crew members dead in Canary Islands

“It’s not a great time for the arts in general,” said Julie Campitelli of the Hippodrome State Theatre.

A video round-up of local, state and national stories for readers in North Central Florida: Rick Scott visits UF, the State of the Union, flights delayed in the northeast, Grammy winners, violence in Mali

The Ocklawaha River was dammed in 1968. The flooded reservoir drowned over 7,500 acres of floodplain forest and 20 freshwater springs. Over 50 years later, people continue to fight for and against the existence of the dam.

Jessica Brar, a 34-year-old Gainesville yoga instructor, flew to Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 9, when the United States was still just waking up to the seriousness of COVID-19. It was supposed to be another adventure for Brar, who loves to travel, but international travel became difficult with the virus, and she's been stranded in Peru. The U.S. Embassy has shuttered and Brar feels abandoned by her country. American officials, she said, failed to come through in her hour of need.

Many dining and beverage spot owners said they were just as worried about the impact on the community as they were their own short- and long-term business viability.

As Florida's confirmed cases of the coronavirus pandemic rise, the risk of the disease spreading within state prisons and jails is causing officials to rethink how Florida keeps its criminals behind bars.

While the UF testing will be located at The Villages, it’s open to people who book appointments online at the website, https://ufhealthcovid.com.

First-responders carry a powerful, opioid-overdose reversal drug – known as naloxone – that can save lives when injected into a patient or sprayed into his nose. The U.S. surgeon general has urged broader access to the drug to reduce overdose deaths, but the Legislature failed to pass a measure that could have made the drug more widely available in Florida’s schools – despite it being free of charge to schools in many cases.

People all over the world are ringing in the Jewish New Year Wednesday night. A local Jewish community center has plans to celebrate this special holiday.