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WTJX NEWSFEED: January 8, 2026

By Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

Published January 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM AST

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: We speak with basketball standout K’Nard Callendar, who has been selected as the first player from the Virgin Islands to participate in the NBA and FIBA’s Basketball Without Borders Global Camp during this year's All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles. The VI Slice Moderate-Income Homeownership Program has reopened to new applicants following a renewed $2 million funding commitment. AARP Virgin Islands is now accepting applications for its 2026 Community Challenge grant program. Angelo Javier Carmona, the 15-year-old charged as an adult in the fatal June 2025 shooting of comedian Jordan 'Dutty Heart' Jones on the Christiansted boardwalk is the subject of court motions seeking a psychiatric evaluation and to seal the case from public access. Listen to these stories and more.

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Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

Marcellina Ventura-Douglas is the Radio News Reporter for WTJX-FM, 93.1. She was born and raised on the island of St. Croix, where her grandfather founded the historic newspaper, The St. Croix Avis. Marcellina earned her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of the Virgin Islands, also working in the office of Senator Shawn-Michael Malone while she attended school. After leaving Malone's office, Marcellina went on to serve as program director of Vivid Streaming before working for the Virgin Islands National Guard as a Family Assistance Center Specialist from 2017 to 2018, where she supported service members and their families following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. She then joined WTJX-TV, Channel 12 as a producer, but was soon tapped to switch to WTJX-FM to deliver local evening news through the WTJX NewsFeed, airing every weekday at 5:00 pm on 93.1 FM and available on demand, wherever you get your podcasts.   <br/>Email: mvdouglas@wtjx.org<br/>Phone: (340) 474-1682

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