CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating a shooting at an Anna’s Retreat strip mall in St. Thomas that left one person dead early this morning. The VIPD responded to the Four Winds Plaza Shopping Center at 4:37 a.m. today, police said. Five people were shot and one is confirmed dead, the Virgin Islands Police Department […]
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VIDOH Confirms 21st COVID-19 Death In The Territory Happened In St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Health confirmed that the 21st COVID-19 related death occurred in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The deceased was a 76-year-old woman on St. Thomas, the Health Department said. “After further investigating cause of death and ensuring notification of next of kin, the Virgin Islands Department of Health is saddened to confirm […]
St. Thomas Man Dressed In Black Breaks Into Woman’s Home And Rapes Her: VIPD
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police were called to the Schneider Regional Medical Center to investigate a woman’s complaint that she had been raped by a home invader in St. Thomas on Saturday evening, authorities said. The 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched officers to the Schneider Regional Medical Center Emergency Room in reference to the alleged rape […]
St. Thomas Male Shot Multiple Times At Oswald Harris Court Thursday Night, But Survives: VIPD
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating the non-fatal shooting of a St. Thomas male at Oswald Harris Court on Thursday night, authorities said. The 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched officers to the Oswald Harris Court after a report of “shots fired” came in at 10:26 p.m. Thursday, the Virgin Islands Police Department said. Officers traveled […]
St. Thomas Man In ‘Critical Condition’ At Hospital After Being Shot In Lindbergh Bay
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man is in “critical condition” at the hospital after being shot “multiple times” at Lindbergh Bay last night, authorities said. Police are investigating after an unidentified male was shot in the Lindbergh Bay area known as “Trailer City” at 8:13 p.m. Wednesday, the Virgin Islands Police Department said. Police […]
It Took 3 Months To Recover From COVID-19, But For Sam The Sailor, St. Thomas Is A Place He Won’t Soon Forget
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — When Puerto Rico turned the freighter he was on away from its “rich” port in early May, things looked grim indeed for Sam the Sailor. After all, Sam the Sailor was confirmed to have COVID-19. If the couldn’t find a port to take him soon, his health was so precarious that he […]
FEMA Gives $12 Million For Design of New Hospitals On St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the Public Assistance Program has approved $11,979,526 to procure architecture and engineering services for the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center (JFL) on St. Croix, Charlotte Kimelman Cancer Institute (CKCI) on St. Thomas and the Myrah Keating Smith Health Center (MKHC) on St. […]
Cargo Ship Worker With COVID-19 Sea Evacuated To St. Thomas Hospital Thursday
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A confirmed COVID-19 patient was taken off of a cargo ship docked behind Hassel Island on Thursday and brought to St. Thomas for needed medical treatment, the Virgin Islands Free Press has learned. Despite the fact that the Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA), St. Thomas Rescue, Schneider Regional Medical Center Emergency Medical […]
GITTENS: ‘Let’s Put A Hold On Raises At Hospital Until Rebuilding Completed’
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Raises for Schneider Regional Medical Center hospital executives must be put on hold until rebuilding efforts are well underway, Senator Kenneth Gittens said today. Given the current state of the territory’s hospitals, Senator Gittens said he was appalled that several hospital executives would be granted significant raises. “Our hospitals are in shambles […]
St. Thomas Woman Dies After Her Car Is Sideswiped and Knocked Into Harbor … No Police Investigation Planned
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police won’t say if they will investigate an accident where an elderly woman died after a head-on collision with one vehicle and then crossed the Veteran’s Drive median and ultimately plunged into the harbor on the waterfront in St. Thomas. Evelyn Edwards, 72, was identified as the […]