ST. CROIX -- Senator Kenneth Gittens, vice chairman of the Legislature’s Committee on Homeland Security, Justice and Public Safety, said on Thursday that he is saddened by the spate of violence that has erupted across the nation s…
ST. THOMAS -- The Department of Justice and the Department of Human Services have joined forces to launch a program aimed at helping men become better fathers, many of whom have been delinquent on child support payments. Dubbed, "…
High school students in the JA Company Program, an after-school program run by Junior Achievement, competed in the 2016 JA Company Program Territorial Competition on June 26th, at the Marriott Frenchman’s Reef, a press release iss…
ST. CROIX -- Department of Property and Procurement (D.P.P.) Commissioner Randolph Bennett is receiving push back from a union representing emergency medical technicians and Emergency Medical Services employees, which contends tha…
ST. CROIX -- Off-duty employees of the Emergency Medical Services, which falls under the Department of Health and is stationed at the territory's hospitals, protested outside the Charles Harwood Memorial Hospital on Thursday after…
…this spring, thereby affirming the center’s viability in assisting new and existing entrepreneurs in the territory. “We’re proud of it,” said Dr. John Osoinach, state director of the VI-SBDC. “It is important that somebody is watc…
ST. CROIX -- A woman was robbed and beaten on Wednesday at about 8:50 p.m., V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glen Dratte said announced via press release on Thursday. Mr. Dratte said officers were immediately dispatched to the …
ST. THOMAS -- A man told police he was shot this morning while walking with his wife heading westward across the street from the 1-800 Sports Bar in the area of Contant, according to V.I.P.D. Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman. Acco…
Being bitten by a mosquito remains the easiest way to contract the Zika virus, but some researchers are beginning to worry more about the other known transmission route: sex, according to the New York Times. While the evidence is …
ST. CROIX -- The Juan F. Luis Hospital Governing Board of Directors met on Wednesday for its monthly board meeting where multiple issues were discussed and actions taken -- among them authorizing Richard Evengista, the hospital's …
ST. CROIX -- A decision will soon be made determining the authority or lack thereof of Governor Kenneth Mapp to remove a presiding judge from his or her position. The governor's announcement last month that he'd replace current pr…
ST. THOMAS -- Tamisha Mc Bean, 32, of St. Thomas on Wednesday pleaded guilty in federal court here to conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Co-defendants Demincia Dore, 30, …
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