- Holly Benson (pictured) is appointed Secretary of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation by incoming Governor Charlie Crist, leaving her District 3 seat in the Florida House to be filled in a special election.
- The Escambia County School Board votes 4-1 to approve a plan that will change school attendance zones and close Woodham High School.
- Lamar heir Charles Switzer is free after an appeals court reduced his cocaine-related conviction resulting from Operation Sandshaker.
- Two lanes of the new I-10 bridge over Escambia Bay, under construction since Hurricane Ivan, are now open to eastbound traffic.
- The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority announces that FEMA will not contribute more than the $134 million already pledged to move the Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant.
- Sam Hall defeats Paul Young for the Pensacola City Council District 2 seat in a special runoff election.
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