It’s a love story, and it appears she’s said yes.

Music megastar Taylor Swift and NFL All-Pro Travis Kelce announced on Tuesday that they are engaged, and it appears that the engagement heard around the world has local ties.

According to reports, the rock placed on Swift’s finger by Kelce was designed by a woman named Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry, which is based in New York City; however, in a 2024 interview with the media outlet VoyageJacksonville, Lubeck revealed that not only is she a Neptune Beach native, but she also received her bachelor’s degree from Florida State University.

In the interview, she spoke about some of the challenges she faced after graduating from FSU, including being unsure of what direction she wanted to take with her life.

After quitting her job at a

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