FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands National Guard Association presented a $1,000 scholarship award to McKayla Collins recently. The ceremony was held in a conference room named after the late Canegata.  Joined by her family, McKayla received the award from VINGA president Mr. Beresford Edwards and Mrs. Shenneth Canegata. McKayla, daughter

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CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man has been sentenced to just over one year in prison for one count of aiding and abetting possession of a firearm by a person under indictment, authorities said A’keem Stanley, 27, of Golden Grove, appeared before Judge Wilma Lewis in U.S. District Court and

FREDERIKSTED — Police are investigating a St. Croix man who was found shot to death in his car near his home last night. Travis Blair, 37, of Estate Carlton was identified by family members as the homicide victim, the Virgin Islands Police Department said. The 911 Emergency Call Center received

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KINGSHILL — The Virgin Islands Police Department is releasing the identities of two persons recently found deceased on St. Croix. On June 1, the body of an unidentified adult female was found on the roadside in Estate St. John, the VIPD said. According to the autopsy, the female was beaten

CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands government said that it would announce the winners of the “Vax To Win USVI” lottery on July 9. Then in the weekly Government House press conference last week, the government put up a graphic on screen that said the lottery winners would be announced on

CHRISTIANSTED — A routine traffic stop led to police discovering an illegal weapon in a luxury vehicle near the Sunny Isle Shopping Center on Friday night, authorities said. Andy Pemberton, 21, of All For The Better, was arrested at 7:18 p.m. Friday and charged with carrying a firearm openly or

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Virgin Islands has reported its first cases of the highly contagious Delta variant in the territory, with health officials saying that the USVI was ripe for the entry because so many people refuse the COVID vaccine here. The Virgin Islands Department of Health said Saturday

KINGSHILL — A St. Croix man faces a possible 100-year sentence after police say he raped and beat a woman on St. Croix and threatened to kill her if she called for help. Francis was arrested and charged with 11 crimes, including first-degree attempted murder, first-degree rape, first-degree burglary, first-degree