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Caleave Nigel Mascall charged in high school bus driver’s brutal beating

KINGSHILL — A teen-age high school student has been jailed in connection to a St. Croix school bus driver's beating on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Caleave N. Mascall,18, was arrested…

John McCarthy October 3, 2024

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Rajah Caul Jr. gets 30 years for 2021 ambush murder of St. Croix man

KINGSHILL — Virgin Islands Attorney General designee Gordon C. Rhea announced that 25-year-old Rajah Caul Jr. was sentenced on September 30, 2024, to thirty years in prison for theJanuary 2021…

John McCarthy October 3, 2024

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VIDE condemns students’ beating of St. Croix school bus driver

KINGSHILL — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) "expresses grave concern regarding an unfortunate and unacceptable incident of violence that occurred (Wednesday afternoon), involving four male students from the…

John McCarthy October 3, 2024

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Health Department offers free chikungunya vaccine this month

CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Health said today that it is now the season for diseases spread by mosquitoes and encourages everyone to take steps to protect themselves…

John McCarthy October 2, 2024

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St. Croix Educational Complex High School suspends classes due to teacher sick-out

FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) said that school operations have been suspended at the St. Croix Educational Complex today, Wednesday, October 2, 2024, due to a…

John McCarthy October 2, 2024

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Education says its investigating student’s removal from school bus

FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) is actively investigating an incident involving a student who was removed from a school bus earlier this morning, Tuesday, October 1,…

John McCarthy October 2, 2024

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New Jersey woman charged with smuggling drugs through St. Croix airport

CHRISTIANSTED — A New Jersey woman was arrested for trying to smuggle 26 pounds of marijuana through the Henry Rohlsen Airport on St. Croix, federal authorities said. Ceestra Burgess, 23,…

John McCarthy October 2, 2024

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Man, 43, faces attempted murder charge after shooting minor, police say

FREDERIKSTED — A 13-year-old St. Croix boy who was shot three times by an adult male had to be rushed to emergency surgery after sustaining multiple gun shot wounds to…

John McCarthy October 1, 2024

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Tyley Smith gets 30 years for 2021 murder of St. Croix woman

KINGSHILL — Virgin Islands Attorney General Designee Gordon C. Rhea announced that 35-year-old Tyley Smith was sentenced on September 30, 2024, to thirty years in prison for the June 2021…

John McCarthy October 1, 2024

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VIWMA and DPW remove dumped tires from Concordia bin site

FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) would like to thankthe Department of Public Works (DPW) and our VIWMA team for mobilizing the manpower andequipment to remove illegally…

John McCarthy September 25, 2024