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WTJX NEWSFEED: January 26, 2026

By Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

Published January 26, 2026 at 5:45 PM AST

Photo caption: Lawmakers recently voted to posthumously honor former Senator Lorraine Berry, pictured, by renaming Hull Bay Road after her.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Lawmakers advanced a bill that would rename Hull Bay Road on the Northside of St. Thomas Lorraine L. Berry Drive after the late former senator. A federal judge has denied former Sports, Parks and Recreation Commissioner Calvert White’s request to serve his five-year prison sentence at a minimum-security facility in Montgomery, Alabama. Members of the Virgin Islands community are mourning the death of Dr. Ralph A. deChabert, a longtime physician and community leader from St. Croix who died on Friday. He was 95 years old. And the Virgin Islands government’s eviction battle with Island Laundries remains stalled in Superior Court after the recusal from the case of another judge. 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. Born and raised on St. Croix, Ventura-Douglas graduated from the University of the Virgin Islands, where she received her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. While at UVI, she worked in the office of Senator Shawn-Michael Malone before beginning her career in radio. Ventura-Douglas fell in love with radio growing up, when she and her father would spend every morning and afternoon listening to local radio news legend, Alvin G. After leaving Senator Malone's office, she became the program director of Vivid Streaming. She then joined WTJX-TV, Channel 12 as a producer. Soon after, she was tapped to switch to WTJX-FM to present an evening news. She is passionate about bringing radio news to the Virgin Islands community through the WTJX NewsFeed, airing every weekday at 5:00pm on 93.1 FM and available online, on demand.<br/>Email: mvdouglas@wtjx.org<br/>Phone: (340) 474-1682

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