Tag: jacksonville
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Jacksonville reporter responds to backlash over polarizing exchange with Jaguars coach
[ad_1] One of the biggest stories from wild card weekend didn’t take place on the field and the reporter at the center of it all has a message for those lobbing criticism her way. Lynn Jones-Turpin bucked traditional press conference procedure, when, instead of asking a question, she used the moment to tell Coen, in…
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5 ways women can lower their stroke risk — including one to do before going outside
[ad_1] A Florida doctor who specializes in stroke rehabilitation is sharing five ways women can lower their risk of having a stroke — the brain attack is the fifth-leading cause of death for American women. A stroke occurs when blood flow to the brain is blocked or when a blood vessel bursts and leaks blood into the…
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Florida man has 150 live bugs removed from his nose — and he didn’t even know they were there
[ad_1] It took a few months, but a Florida man finally found out what was bugging him. Jacksonville doctors removed 150 live bugs in the larva stage from the nose and sinuses of a cancer survivor earlier this month, First Coast News reports. The unidentified man had been feeling “off” since October, but it wasn’t until his…
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Florida couple gets wet and wild with quirky car wash wedding: ‘Love this guy!’
[ad_1] The bride absolutely sparkled. Bruce Melvin and his girlfriend of five years, Ingrid Holmes, are enjoying sudden celebrity in their hometown of Jacksonville, Fla. after a charming video of their watered-down Dec. 3 wedding ceremony — held inside a car wash — was unveiled earlier this week. In a 2-minute clip aired on News4Jax, the…
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Influencer twins, 30, are so similar they even fool their husbands
[ad_1] They’ve twin there, done that. Two Floridian identical sisters have taken twinning to an entirely new level. They not only met their husbands on the same day in 2014, but they also got pregnant at the same time and are becoming next-door neighbors. Stephanie Buckman and Sammie Nowakowski, 30, were college roommates who now work…
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‘Lion King’ actor Clifton Oliver dead: ‘In the Heights’ star was 47
[ad_1] Clifton Oliver, an actor who appeared on Broadway in “The Lion King,” “In the Heights” and “Wicked,” has died. He was 47. The prolific performer passed away Wednesday following a lengthy illness, with posts on social media from friends and family indicating he had spent the last six weeks in a hospital and then hospice. “My…
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Frontier Airlines accidentally flies Florida-bound passenger to foreign country without a passport
[ad_1] A New Jersey woman who intended to visit Florida claims that a gate change caused her to go to Jamaica instead of Jacksonville. Gloucester County resident Beverly Ellis-Hebard told WPVI that she regularly flies from Philadelphia to her second home in Jacksonville. She arrived at a gate for her November 6 flight that read “PHL to JAX”. “I…