Florida News That Impacts You – October 15th, 2025

Your daily recap of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you throughout the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast.    

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
From West Palm Beach to Tallahassee. This is Florida's news
that impacts you on the Brian Mudshow. Yeah, Bright Mud
with you, Joel on vacation. Back with us next week
as we take a look at news from around the
state and well this took place last night Fox's Tom Ragotti.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
A man convicted of the nineteen ninety six killings of
two women whose bodies were left in a rural pond
has been put to death in a record fourteenth execution
in Florida this year. Seventy two year old Samuel Lee
Smithers was pronounced dead following a lethal injection at Florida
State Prison near Stark Tuesday. Smithers was convicted in nineteen
ninety nine of two counts of first degree murder and

(00:41):
sentenced to death. When asked if he had a final statement,
he responded no, Sir. Florida has planning to carry out
two more executions later this month and next.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
Meanwhile, here at home, Discover the Palm Beaches holding its
second job Fare event as part of a three day,
three stop tour across the county. Following Tuesday's event at
the South Florida Fairgrounds, Local employers be looking to hire
applicants at an event at the Balm Beach County Convention
Center from nine this morning until one in the afternoon.
Thursday's event the Riviera Beach Marina Event Center also from

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nine to until one. Free professional headshots are included for
attendees in addition to free parking. The vote are at
Towne City Council. They voted to extend an interim agreement
with developers of the proposed government campus development project. The
Tara Frisbee group leading the development project plans, unveiled a
smaller seven acre development plan, down from the original thirty

(01:37):
one acre plan originally proposed. There'll be a March ballot
referendum for voters to consider. Tuesday's vote it extends discussions
with the developers until May of next year, following the
results of the ballot referendum. Treasure Ghosts Baptist Church in
four Piers, they unveiled a monument to the late Charlie

(01:58):
Kirk on Tuesday. The federally recognized Charlie Kirkday completed with
a thirty one foot flag pole representing Charlie's thirty one
years of life. Charlie's image on a six foot tall
boulder holding a Bible and the American flag in the display.
Speaking of Charlie Kirkday, Senator Rick Scott, he's the one

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who had that federally recognized his resolution in the Senate
that was adopted unanimously. He'll be joining us later in
the show. Sunny in pleasant weather today, hins in the
low eighties. That is typical for this date. Just spectacular
all week so far. Plume is Saharan dust tracking over
the Leeward Islands and Espanyola, extending from the Caribbean Sea
through the Central Atlantic. But another plume off the coast

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of Africa acting as a headwind for tropical development. On
that note, Hurricane Center, well, they're tracking just one system
in the southern Atlantic. Ye have tropical storm Lorenzo that
is expected to track towards the Central Atlantic. An eighty
percent chance of development. It is not of concern, and
things continued look very positive as we are heading down

(03:03):
the final month and a half a hurricane Susum gas
prices rose by two cents per gallon yesterday. Average price
four regular unleaded still under three bucks through state wide
at two ninety eight, and the Pon Beach is the
average price three fourteen martin at three ZHO two. It's
right at three bucks a gallon in Saint Lucy and
sitting at two ninety nine per gallon in Indian River County.

Speaker 3 (03:25):
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(03:46):
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(04:08):
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