- WCOA radio personality Luke McCoy announces he will retire from hosting the afternoon call-in program "Pensacola Speaks."
- The Rev. Hugh King (pictured), community leader and suspended pastor of Greater Union Baptist Church, enters a plea of not guilty on a charge of cocaine possession. He has requested a jury trial.
- 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.
- Sports: The Pensacola Pelicans (2-10) fall to the El Paso Diablos 1-0 at Pelican Park.
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