Help police find missing minor on St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help today to find a missing minor on St. Thomas. Jahmiah Jeffers, 16, was last seen in Anna’s Retreat wearing an Ivanna Eudora Kean High School uniform on Tuesday,…
Biden and Kenyan President Ruto urge global leaders to help lessen developing nations’ crushing debt
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Kenyan President William Ruto are using the first state visit to the United States by an African leader in more than 15 years to call on economies around the globe to take…
Main offender given get-out-of-jail-free card by judge back in jail on domestic violence
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Despite the best efforts of a local judge to keep a main violent offender out on the streets of St. Thomas — diligent police officers once again clapped him back in jail…
U.S. governors urge Turks and Caicos to release Americans as Florida woman becomes 5th tourist arrested for ammo in luggage
COCKBURN TOWN — Three U.S. governors asked Turks and Caicos to show mercy to Americans arrested on the islands as a Florida woman became the fifth U.S. tourist to be charged with ammunition possession. Four of the…
Officials give heat, rain warnings during weekly briefing
CHRISTIANSTED — The territory is in for an alternatingly hot, rainy and hot again few days, officials said during a Government House briefing on Tuesday. From the National Weather Service, Ernesto Morales said the agency…
Help police find missing minor on St. Croix
CHRISTIANSTED — Police need your help tonight to find a missing minor on St. Croix. Megan Jae Walters, 17, of Estate Ruby, was last seen at 3:00 a.m. today, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.…
St. Croix MCH, Community Health Clinics temporarily relocate to UVI’s campus
FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Health’s Maternal, Child Health and Community Health clinics on St. Croix are temporarily relocating its operations to the University of the Virgin Islands campus while its offices at…
UVI conducting an active shooter exercise at its St. Croix campus tomorrow
FREDERIKSTED — A Mass Casualty Exercise has been scheduled for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix, UVI’s Medical Simulation Center announced Monday. The Center, in partnership with Fire and…
5 Americans held in Turks and Caicos for having ammunition as U.S. lawmakers fail to secure their release
COCKBURN TOWN — U.S. lawmakers traveled to Turks and Caicos this week to push for the return of five American citizens detained on ammunition possession charges, but failed to facilitate their release. The Americans were…
UN halts all food distribution in Rafah after running out of supplies in the southern Gaza city
CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations says it has suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity. It also said no aid trucks entered via a…