- The 2002 bribery conviction of W. D. Childers (pictured) in the soccer complex corruption scandal is overturned by a federal appeals court.
- Tarballs and isolated patches of oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill begin to wash ashore on Northwest Florida beaches.
- Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino is indicted by a grand jury for soliciting campaign contributions at his government office.
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