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Levy County could be on the hook for up to $900,000 in Medicaid bills due to the state under a new law passed by the Florida Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott.
County Attorney Anne Bast Brown told the Board of County Commissioners in Tuesday's meeting that they could owe the state for 10 years of Medicaid patient bills and the state plans to take the money out of revenue sharing money before it is sent to the county.
“Chances are Levy County owes something,” she told the commissioners.

Bronson Blue Springs has lost its sparkle.
Severe drought, according to Suwannee River Water Management District engineer Meagan Wetherington, has caused the spring to quit flowing. And recent rains, though not enough to recharge the aquifer, have caused nearby swamps, heavy with tannins, to flow into the spring, staining it a muddy brown.

Over the course of the next three months, Williston electricity customers will get a little bonus on their  bills in the form of a credit.
At Tuesday’s meeting, the council agreed to begin the credit process that will refund over $335,000 to consumers.
For about 22 months, from March 1, 2010 until Dec. 31, 2011, electric customers were overcharged.
After a lengthy discussion and outcry from city residents, council members voted to refund the overcharges.

 The Williston Police Department is partnering with Jerry Heines to sponsor a “Women’s Awareness and Defense Class” to teach women how to avoid being the victim of a physical attack. 

Heines has formed his class to prepare women to have a survivor mindset and to use simple and practical techniques of self defense.