Satchel Raye, owner of Satchel's Pizza in Gainesville, came in third place in the first annual SEC Pizza Championship. Every competitor was offered a position on the U.S. Pizza Team, which would then compete in the World Pizza Championship, but Raye declined.

A lockdown at Columbia High School occurred after a hoax 911 call was received stating another student brought a weapon to the school.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission developed an app that will help scientists gather data on the locations of gopher tortoises. The app could help better track the threatened species.

Florida scientists and engineers introduce inventions in hopes of earning $50,000 prize from the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention.