John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV).
Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.
ISABEL SEGUNDA — After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, the small island of Vieques – just off the coast of the main island – went without electric power…
OTTAWA — The Caribbean Development Bank's acting president on Wednesday called for immediate action to fund efforts to protect the region's coastlines and population from the growing impacts of climate…
FREDERIKSTED — Police have named the two people who died after a shooting that took place while men were playing dominoes in Frangipani on Wednesday night, authorities said. The 911…
LAS VEGAS — A tall, rectangular mirrored structure emerged in the Nevada desert recently. How it got there and why is a mystery. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department spotted…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston scored 22 points apiece, Caitlin Clark had her second career double-double and the Indiana Fever won their third-straight game with an 88-81 victory over the Washington Mystics on Wednesday night. Clark had…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Surging violence in Haiti from clashes with armed gangs since March has displaced nearly 580,000 people, according to a new report from the U.N. migration agency, a sobering figure…
June is Pride Month. It’s a time to acknowledge the LGBTQI+ community and celebrate diversity,love, and respect. On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Obergefell…
NAIROBI (AP) — A team of Haitian police commanders on Tuesday met Kenya’s inspector general of police ahead of a planned deployment to the violence-hit Caribbean country expected to take place by…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help to find a wanted man on St. Thomas tonight. Hyram Graneau Jr., 34, of St. Thomas, is wanted in connection to an attempted…
FREDERIIKSTED — Police need your help to find a man who has been missing on St. Croix for 10 days. Jordan Miguel Griman, 30, of Oklahoma, was last seen on…