Today’s Photo of the Day comes from Daniel Juarez Jr. Daniel got a two-for-one special with this rainbow and heron combination. The photo was taken at the Holley by the Sea Recreational Center pier. 🌈
It’s go time for the University of West Florida football team. The Argos begin their quest for back-to-back national championships Saturday when they host Newberry in the opening round of the NCAA Division II playoffs.
The reigning national champs are making their third trip to the postseason in the five-year history of the program, but Saturday’s 1 p.m. showdown with the Wolves at Blue Wahoos Stadium marks the first time UWF has ever hosted a playoff game.
Florida’s jobless rate dropped to 4.6 percent in October, with a state economist saying the dip represents “continued positive growth” of people back in the labor force during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and attorneys general from seven other states are launching an investigation focused on the use of the Instagram social-media platform by children and young adults.
According to a press release from State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden, Dean Bruno Lainhart was sentenced to life in Florida’s Department of Corrections by Santa Rosa County Circuit Court Judge Darlene Dickey on two counts of Capital Sexual Battery Upon a Person less than 12 years of age.
State and federal wildlife agencies have set up a joint team as they continue to respond to an alarming number of manatee deaths in Florida and as waters start to get colder for the lumbering sea cows.