St Croix Police are investigating an armed robbery of 3 off-island workers leaving a bar on King Street in Christiansted. The men say they left the bar, got to their car, and were met with flat tires then robbed at gunpoint of cash and other personal items. No descriptions of the assailants were provided.
The VI Carnival Committee (VICC) looks to pull the crown and all prize from the 2019 VI Carnival Queen and others for joining in the festivities of the ST. Croix Christmas festival. VICC Chair Edgar Phillips says the Queen, S’Ence Watley, broke the rules when she became the first Division of Festival's St. Thomas Ambassadorial Queen for the St. Croix Festival. In a letter to the Queen, Phillips wrote Watley is no longer seen by the VICC as the 2019 Carnival Queen and to return her cape, sash, crown, and prize cash of 8500 dollars by February 3rd. During a senate hearing yesterday, Ian Turnbull Director Of the Division of Festivals said the Carnival Committee had zero grounds to pull the titles and prizes, and he insisted no breach of agreements happened.
Chris George for the GSI department of the Lt. Governors Office, provides an update on the street naming project.
The National Park Service (NPS) South Atlantic-Gulf Regional Director Robert A. Vogel today announced the selection of Nigel A. Fields as superintendent of Virgin Islands National Park and Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument, effective February 16th. Fields has served as the acting superintendent of both park units since December 2018.