Beyond the News WFLA Interviews

Marc Lalonde, PhD, VP of research for Shriners Hospitals for Children, talks about how their new Genomic Institute based at the University of South Florida campus in Tampa will improve the treatments they provide to children in need of orthopedic and burn surgeries at no cost.

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Cherie Jacobs with TECO speaks about the Manatee Viewing Center at Big Bend Power Plant in Apollo Beach, which opens its season Friday (Nov. 1).

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Reaction from Michelle Herrole, a former student-athlete at UF who now runs the Vinik Sports and Entertainment Management Program at USF in Tampa, after the NCAA Board of Governors voted to begin the process of allowing college athletes to make money off their names, images and likenesses. (Herrolle is not acting as a spokesperson for the USF athletic program.)

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Lauren Gardner, Ph.D., administrator of the Autism Program at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, talks about a free training program for law enforcement to help them avoid arresting or Baker Acting autistic individuals for behavior related to autism.

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Florida Polytechnic in Lakeland is adding a 12-credit unit in the humanities because it says, employers are looking for communications skills from their tech-savvy workers.

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Tedd Webb and Sue Treccase join Gordon Byrd to pay tribute to Mark Govan, longtime Florida Gardening host, who passed away this week at age 60.

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Megan Licursi joins Gordon Byrd to talk about the Hillsborough County Fair, which runs for two weekends beginning Thursday, October 17th.

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Gordon Byrd interviews Dr. Erin Kimmerle, who leads the state forensic anthropology institute at the University of South Florida. She's been brought in by a documentary producer to examine remains that could be those of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, who disappeared on an around-the-world flight, flying over the Pacific in 1937.

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Gordon Byrd speaks with Wallethub's Jill Gonzalez about a new survey that places several Florida cities among the nation's fastest growing.

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Amanda Nalley with the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission talks about the state authorizing recreational red snapper fishing for three weekends in October.

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