ST. CROIX — In the hallowed halls of the University of Michigan, they sing of being the “leaders and best.” But for former Sports, Parks and Recreation Commissioner Calvert White, that mantra apparently meant leading…
ST. THOMAS — The relative peace of the St. Thomas district was shattered early Thursday morning when a 54-year-old man was found shot to death on a public roadway, marking the first homicide for the…
Surveillance video captures the moment a bold daytime gold-chain snatching turned into a terrifying shootout in a public parking lot. ST. THOMAS — The sun was still high over Coki Point Tuesday afternoon when a…
FREDERIKSTED — The pier at the Ann E. Abramson Marine Facility was a hub of activity this morning as the Adventure of the Seas docked, bringing a wave of visitors to the “Freedom City” waterfront.…
ST. CROIX — While the ground may have felt steady in Frederiksted, the Caribbean Sea was anything but quiet late Tuesday afternoon. A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck at 4:49 p.m. AST, centered approximately 58 kilometers…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — In a scene that looked more like a low-budget action movie than a Tuesday morning in St. Thomas, a gang of burglars used a black SUV as a battering ram to smash…
ST. THOMAS — One Communications, the territory’s leading telecommunications provider, has announced that its St. Thomas retail location at Tutu Park Mall will remain closed today, February 10. The closure follows an overnight security incident…
FREDERIKSTED — Frustration mounted across St. Croix and St. Thomas today as residents woke up to “SOS” icons on their screens and dead silence on their lines, following reports of a rolling network outage affecting…
By JOHN McCARTHY/V.I. Free Press Staff FREDERIKSTED — While the rest of St. Croix was watching the power grid, eagle-eyed reader Mike Allgeier was watching the ground—and he spotted the first sure sign of the…
FREDERIKSTED — While the rest of the world watches Elon Musk catch rockets with mechanical “chopsticks,” the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority is still playing a high-stakes game of “Guess Which Wire is Broken.”…