KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — The city of Kansas City, Missouri, ranks among the nation’s worst for dog attacks on mail carriers. Last year, 5,714 letter carriers were bitten or attacked by dogs nationwide, according to the U.S. Postal Service. Over the last two years in Kansas City, 31 dog attacks on letter carriers were […]
CHICAGO (Fox 32 News) – 4/25/19 – New information has surfaced on a pregnant postal worker who went missing in Chicago more than six months ago. Her name is Kierra Coles. She was seen on surveillance video October 2nd, 2018 — which is the day she went missing. We have covered Kierra’s story since the […]
NALC – 4/24/19 – In April 2018, President Trump issued an executive order creating a task force to evaluate the operations and finances of the U.S. Postal Service and to make recommendations for policy changes to ensure a sustainable future for the agency. The White House Task Force, comprised of the Secretary of Treasury and […]
Tampa, Florida – 4/23/19 – U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Richard Huntington (45, Lakeland) to 120 days in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Huntington was also ordered to serve a three-year term of supervised release following his imprisonment. He had pleaded guilty on January 11, 2019. According to court documents, […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Postal customers, friends and family are remembering an Albuquerque mail carrier who was killed Monday after trying to break-up a fight between a mom and her teen son. Albuquerque Police confirmed Tuesday 47-year old Jose Hernandez, a USPS mail carrier, was shot to death in a neighborhood near 98th Street and […]
Apr 22, 2019 – Press Release Washington, D.C.- Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) today introduced the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2019, legislation to make the American transportation sector cleaner by transforming the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) federal fleet into a national leader in fuel efficiency and technological innovation. “Earth […]
O’FALLON, Ill. – 4/22/19 – A woman was burned to death inside her vehicle Monday morning near the O’Fallon Family Sports Park and police are looking for the victim’s husband. According to Lieutenant Kerry Andrews, O’Fallon Police Department, the murder took place just before 7:25 a.m. Monday near the intersection of Obernuefemann Road and West […]
4/22/19 – A Tacoma woman has settled a 2016 lawsuit filed against the U.S. Postal Service and a former mail carrier with a long history of inappropriate behavior with women on his routes, including entering homes without permission and suggesting his customers purchase and wear items from lingerie catalogs he delivered. According to court documents, […]
PRC Releases Report on Postal Service Financial Condition: Losses from Operations Continue to Grow Washington, DC – 4/19/19 – Today the Postal Regulatory Commission (Commission) issued its Financial Analysis report, an examination of the U.S. Postal Service’s (Postal Service) financial results and 10-K Statements for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. The Postal Service reported a net loss from operations […]
From NALC Branch 358: Over 230 post offices nationwide will be test sites for this process. Phase 1 will be in May, Phase 2 in June, and Phase 3 in August. Under this test, carriers will either be “casing multiple routes” or “delivering on the street for 7 hours and 45 minutes”.