Florida News That Impacts You – October 16th, 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):
This is Florida's news that impacts you on the Brian
Mud Show. Yeah, and Joel is on vacation. He'll be
back in the mix with us next week. Dozens of
school districts across the state, including Palm Beach, Martin, and
Indian River Counties, received bomb threats via email. Authorities determined
the threats were non credible swatting attempts. The threats warned

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of setting off bombs at schools across the state unless
ransoms were paid in cryptocurrency. Authorities led by the FBI
are investigating the threat as they searched for the perp.
Speaking of education, Supporters of Charlie Kirk letting large protests
outside of the Palm Beach County School District headquarters Wednesday
afternoon demanding the resignation of school board member Edwin Ferguson,

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who referred to the late faith based conservative activist Kirk
as a racist bigot, while also comparing him to Adolf Hitler.
Tests and support of Ferguson was held by the local
chapter of the NAACP. Pau Beach County School is a district.
They've refused to take a position on the matter. In Ferguson,

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who admitted he wasn't familiar with Kirkt until after his assassination,
as he had to apologize stating that he intends to
run for re election. Good on the folks who got
out there in support of Charlie. Just what is right.
It is outrageous in every way. He would have a
member of the school board saying outrageous things like that,

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comparing somebody who had just had a National Day of
Remembrance after him, who's recognized as a leader for positive
discourse around the world, referred to as Adolf Hitler in
an official setting in the Palm Beach County School District
with an ignorant person who's unapologetic. That is not somebody

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who is fit to be making decisions for what happens
inside the classrooms. Not fit for public office, period. But
it's not a free speech matter. The same as you
can say whatever kind of nonsense you want at work
and expect to remain employed. Can't do it just because
you're a government employee either. Discover the Palm Beaches holding

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its final job here event is part of the three day,
three stop tour across the county. Today's event is at
the Rivia or Beach Marina Event Center from nine to one.
Free professional headshots included for attendees in addition to free
parking's sunny un pleasant weather today got highs in the
low eighties and again typical for this date. Then plumes

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Saharan dust ever is Spinola with another plume in the
Central Atlantic that gobbled up tropical Storm Lorenzo yesterday, just
as we've seen so many of these plumes both inhibit
the development of trupical activity but also just kind of
eat up a lot of the recent storms that have developed.
Related the Hurricane Center, if you go to their map

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right now, you're going to see the happiest words you
ever will during hurricane season. Tropical cycle and activity not
expected during the next seven days. We are very close
to seeing the end of hurricane season, it would appear,
and not because of dates on the calendar, but because
of the conditions in the tropics. Gas price as they
fell a penny per gallon yesterday. The average price four

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regular on leaded stay two ninety seven in the Palm
Beach is the average price three fourteen Martin It is
three poh one two ninety nine in Saint Lucie and
two ninety eight in Indian River County. This took place yesterday.
A judges granted a restraining order against Representative Corey Mills
of Florida until January after accusations by an ex girlfriend,

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reigning Miss America Lindsey Langston, who said he harassed and
threatened her after their breakup earlier this year. Filed the
emergency petition for injunction in August after separately telling law
enforcement in July that Mills had threatened to release explicit
photos and videos of her and to harm any other
men may date. Mills, who among other restrictions, is barred

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from being within five hundred feet of Langston, had testified
he'd never intended to send intimate images of Langston to
other people and that he no longer possesses them