- The Rev. Hugh King, community leader and pastor of Greater Union Baptist Church, is arrested for cocaine possession.
- Fred "Sport" Suttles is sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for tax fraud.
- The ECUA Board votes unanimously to increase service rates to help pay the $300 million cost of moving the Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant.
- A Blue Angels F/A-18 jet crashes at a Beaufort, South Carolina air show, killing its pilot, Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Davis.
- The Krispy Kreme at 9th and Cervantes opens to large crowds; the landmark "Doughnuts" sign has been removed, but the company has promised to replace it.
- The Pensacola Ice Pilots reach an agreement with Escambia County for use of the Pensacola Civic Center next season, averting the team's possible departure from Pensacola.
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