EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – 1/10/25 – A southern Illinois district judge sentenced a postal carrier in Granite City to 32 months in federal prison after she admitted to stealing credit cards from the mail and using for personal expenses. Lakeatra E. White, 32, of Granite City, pleaded guilty in September 2024 to one count […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – 1/8/25 – Brice Allen Pomeroy, 26, of Hernshaw, pleaded guilty today to obstruction of mail. According to court documents and statements made in court, on May 11, 2023, Pomeroy knowingly and willfully threw away approximately 227 pieces of mail by depositing a large plastic bad containing the mail pieces into a trash […]
SAN DIEGO – 1/8/25 – Former U.S. Postal Service employee Dewayne Morris Sr. and his son and namesake were sentenced today to seven years and 12.5 years in prison, respectively, for stealing $5.1 million in postal money order forms and distributing them to co-conspirators. After a trial in January 2024, a federal jury convicted both […]
January 2025 – Heavy snow, freezing rain, icy conditions, and severe weather events in the Central Plains through the Mid-Atlantic (New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Washington DC, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Connecticut) […]
1/7/25 – President Joseph R. Biden has declared Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, as a National Day of Mourning in remembrance of former President Jimmy Carter. Out of respect for the 39th President of the United States and to honor his vast contributions to our country during his lifetime, and consistent with the Presidential Proclamation, the […]
USPS – 1/7/25 – Throughout the past year, the Postal Service has been implementing a new strategic approach with respect to its contracts with package consolidator companies -ones that consolidate large package volumes at local delivery units and use our Parcel Select offering —including negotiating new agreements. Prior agreements failed to reflect operational and financial […]
1/7/25 – USPS News Link – A National Day of Observance has been declared Thursday, Jan. 9, to honor former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at age 100. The Postal Service will suspend regular mail delivery, retail services and office activity on Jan. 9. There will be limited package delivery service on that […]
Nearly 1.7 Million Postal Employees and Family Members Enrolled, Sets Stage for Large FEHB Improvement OPM Press Release – Washington, D.C. – 1/6/25 – On Friday, December 13, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) completed the first Open Season of the new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program. The massive new program—the largest new Federal health benefit […]
On Sunday, President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act, paving the way for nearly 3 million public workers to boost their Social Security benefits. The bipartisan legislation repeals two provisions that reduced Social Security benefits for certain public workers who also receive pension income. Advocacy groups who lobbied for the changes for decades […]
SCRANTON – 1/3/25 – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Chief Judge Matthew W. Brann sentenced Angelo Pereyra, age 39, of Wichita, Kansas, to 18 months in prison for interstate transport of stolen human remains and body parts. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Pereyra previously […]