COTTON VALLEY — Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and fire officials are reminding those in charge of preparing the bird to beware of the hazards surrounding deep frying turkeys. Dunking the bird in hot…
SANTO DOMINGO -— The USS Sioux City recently assisted in the rescue of a mariner in medical distress while operating in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations in the Caribbean. The USS Sioux City,…
CHRISTIANSTED — People down on their luck now have a healthy alternative to life on the streets. Thanks to a new program that allows homeless people to leave the streets to bathe, eat and be…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Her battle with COVID-19 began in New York City, shifted to Connecticut and now has her in St. Thomas. That’s where Rachel Hartley currently helps to fight the coronavirus pandemic for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Hartley,…
CHRISTIANSTED — A representative of the Virgin Islands Police Department heard some of the concerns of taxi drivers near the taxi stand downtown this weekend. Police Lt. Herminia Rivera, commander of the VIPD’s Christiansted district,…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr has directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to go forward with the execution of death row inmate Orlando Cordia Hall in Indiana in five days. Barr’s directive…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The FBI wanted to arrest Jeffrey Epstein while he was judging a beauty pageant in St. Thomas seven months before he signed a non-prosecution deal that shielded him from federal sex crime charges, a…
FREDERIKSTED — Police are asking for your help today to find a 35-year-old St. Croix man wanted for burglary, domestic violence and contempt of court. Joseph Elliott, Jr. has an arrest warrant issued in his name…
FREDERIKSTED — Police are asking for your help this morning to find a 43-year-old St. Croix man wanted for contempt of court. Fernando “Bravo” Santiago, 43, has an arrest warrant issued in his name by…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Dominican Republic native who lived seven months in St. Thomas illegally and undetected admitted in federal court that he returned to the territory after being previously deported. Eilin Castillo-Montano of Santo…