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Man Who Was Shot Multiple Times In Catherine’s Rest Monday Night Survives
CHRISTIANSTED – It began as an incident of multiple shots fired in Work and Rest, but when police responded to the call they actually found that a 24-year-old man had been shot in Catherine’s Rest, according to the Virgin Islands Police Department. Police were notified by the 911 Emergency Call

Two Women Arrested In Separate Domestic Violence Incidents Monday
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Two St. Thomas women were arrested on domestic violence charges in separate incidents yesterday, according to the Virgin Islands Police Department. The following are the two arrests as reported by the VIPD: On Monday August 10 at 10:30 a.m., Danielle E. Christopher, 26, of Vester Gade

Virgin Islands Women’s Basketball Team Hoping To Make Home Fans Proud
Virgin Islands captain Victoria Hamilton EDMONTON – The story of the Virgin Islands team at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for Women won’t ever be made into a Hollywood movie, but theirs is an underdog tale the likes of which Alberta hasn’t seen since Cool Runnings. For every obstacle the

Four Women Carjacked Near John F. Kennedy Terrace On Sunday
CHRISTIANSTED – Police are investigating a car jacking that occurred near the John F. Kennedy Terrace in Golden Rock early Sunday morning, according to the Virgin Islands Police Department. Police were notified by the 911 Emergency Call Center at 4:35 a.m. about a car jacking near John F. Kennedy Terrace

Gunshots Fired Near Cottages By The Sea At Dorsch Beach
FREDERIKSTED – Detectives are investigating a report of gunfire near the Cottages by The Sea Resort at Dorsch Beach, according to the Virgin Islands Police Department. Police were notified of the gunfire by the 911 Emergency Call Center at 7:25 p.m. on Sunday and the Frederiksted Bike Patrol Unit was

Woman Shot In The Face Near Hull Bay Road Sunday Night
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Police are investigating who shot a woman in the face near Hull Bay in St. Thomas Sunday night, according to the Virgin Islands Police Department. Police were notified by the 911 Emergency Call Center on Sunday at 10 p.m. that a concerned citizen had spotted a

Man Who Hit Business Owner On Head With Beer Bottle Is Arrested
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A 38-year-old Estate Tutu man was arrested on burglary charges in connection with an incident that happened last week, according to the Virgin Islands Police Department. Sean Stridiron was arrested at 2:13 p.m. Friday and charged with third-degree burglary and unauthorized possession of a firearm, in

St. Thomas Native Is One of the Top Football Prospects in Georgia
Leonard Warner of St. Thomas ATLANTA – Brookwood junior high school football player Leonard Warner is one of the top players for the Class of 2017 in the state of Georgia, but he currently has Alabama atop his list of schools on his personal Twitter page. Warner said the schools he

Why There Is Sand on the Floor of the Synagogue in St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Jews from Denmark first arrived on the white beaches of what is now St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands — a tiny speck off the coast of Puerto Rico — in the mid-17th century. These were descendants of a Jewish population that had fled Spain for other parts

The States That Never Made It As States
As nearly everyone in the United States knows, there are fifty states. Most also know that the country started with 13 states. In between those two numbers, a lot of states were proposed but never made the final cut for a variety of reasons. Some of them got voted on,