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On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed, students at the St. Croix Educational Complex protest school conditions, after a ceiling fan fell and injured a student during class. Senator Donna Frett-Gregory, chair of the Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance, expresses concerns over the governor’s recent call to increase the minimum wage in the territory.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: WAPA contractor, Haugland Virgin Islands, accidentally ruptured a Waste Management sewer line on Hospital Lane in St. Thomas. Kaley Lund, convicted in the 2020 vehicular death of 25-year-old Marvin Barton, filed an appeal challenging her five-year sentence.

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Senators advance a bill dubbed "Jahniqua’s Law” to hold those convicted of negligent or impaired driving to pay maintenance to the children of their victims. A 15-year-old minor has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting on the Christiansted Boardwalk of popular local comedian, Jordan ‘Dutty Heart’ Jones.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: The VI Department of Agriculture broke ground on the first of two 100,000-gallon cisterns in Estate Bordeaux on St. Thomas. The Virgin Islands Horseracing Commission is seeking guidance from the Attorney General’s Office on whether it can authorize off-track betting operations without a current racetrack franchise holder.

Mexico knows how to fight infectious diseases. Tackling a chronic condition like diabetes is a new — and daunting — challenge.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Students at Lew Muckle Elementary School received new library books today after the Altona Lagoon Book Club donated about $1,700 worth of reading materials to support literacy. Superior Court Judge Denise M. Francois ordered a mistrial in the kidnapping and torture trial against Troy Harrigan following the shooting death of his co-defendant Desie Henry Jr. on St. Thomas.

A new NPR poll shows where things stand after Biden's bad debate. Many Palestinian residents in Gaza were just returning to find their homes gone.

On today's WTJX NewsFeed, members of the Virgin Islands Palestinian community joined in protest across the country calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The Committee of the Whole received testimony regarding the ongoing water crisis affecting residents on the island of St. Croix.

President Trump changes stance on the Epstein files, urging Republicans to support a House vote tomorrow. And, the U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean adds pressure on Venezuela.

President Biden's speech at the NATO summit emphasized a bipartisan commitment to the alliance. Health researchers push for age restrictions on who can buy non-alcoholic drinks.