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“This is all very, very good news,” he said.   And he said the lower cases numbers aren’t a result of fewer residents taking COVID-19 tests. “We’re testing as much if not more than we were back in August,” Myers said.  So far, more than 45,000 people have been vaccinated in Alachua County. Myers said the Florida Department of Emergency Management is preparing to OK the next group of vaccine recipients, who are likely to include law enforcement, firefighters and teachers.  “I�...

The county also added 31 new coronavirus cases in the report.

UpdatedFri, Feb 19, 2021 at 2:53 pm ET Reply Anna Elizabeth Young, a former Cobb resident who once led a Florida cult, was sentenced Wednesday to spend the rest of her life in prison for the murder of a toddler more than three decades ago. (Shutterstock/BortN66) EAST COBB, GA — A former East Cobb resident who once led a Florida cult was sentenced Wednesday to spend the rest of her life in prison for the murder of a toddler more than three decades ago. Anna Elizabeth Young, 79, co-founder of t...

Anna Elizabeth Young, 79, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison

Close to 1,000 people were vaccinated in Alachua County Thursday.

Woman Who Ran Cult in 1980s Pleads Guilty to Murdering Toddler by Locking Him in Closet People 2/19/2021 © Provided by People Alachua County Sheriffs Office A former cult leader has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the deaths of two children in the 1980s, including a toddler who she allegedly locked in a closet. Anna Elizabeth Young, 79, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Emon "Moss" Harper. Emon was between ages 2 and 3 when his mother gave him to the "House of ...

Home/Law and public safety/‘A Long Time Coming’: Micanopy House of Prayer Leader Sentenced to 30 Years Former Micanopy House of Prayer leader sentenced to 30 years in prison for the death of two children in the 1980s. “And I just say God bless everybody and I know that God know the whole truth and nothing but the truth,” Young said in her hearing Wednesday. (Alachua County Sheriff’s Office) ‘A Long Time Coming’: Micanopy House of Prayer Leader Sentenced to 30 Years By Audrey Most...

A 79-year-old Florida woman who ran a religious cult in the 1980s was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years behind bars for the deaths of two children.

Anna Elizabeth Young, 79, was sentenced to 15 years and 30 years, to be served concurrently  Young pleaded no contest to second-degree murder for 1988 death of Emon Harper, and to manslaughter for 1983 death of Kaytona Jackson Prosecutors said Young starved two-year-old Emon and deprived him of water until he died, then allegedly burned his body  Kaytona Jackson was three years old when she died in Youngs care after being denied her epilepsy medication  Young was leader of House of Prayer fo...

The county also on Monday reported 57 new coronavirus cases, for a total of 21,887.