LONGMONT, Colo. — A mail carrier who was attacked by three dogs on Tuesday has a 75-year-old man and an 84-year-old man to thank. “We are no heroes,” Jim Peeples and Earl Tifford said. Peeples and Tilford both live on Ash Court in Longmont and when they saw their mailman in distress came running armed with […]
The U.S. Postal Service is apologizing after chemical-soaked mail was delivered to a Brooklyn Park home. Doug Korzendorfer says he received two packages last week that were soaked in a chemical, giving him a headache and a burning feeling on his hands. The U.S. Postal Service apologized and said another piece of mail that contained […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Eric Bennett is charged with attempted murder and Marcus Bennett is charged with assault. According to court documents, the shooting was over a missing package of drugs. Both men have a history of drug charges. In one case from 2010, Eric Bennett was caught with more than 200 grams of cocaine. Police […]
WICHITA, Kan. — Some Wichita homeowners say they’re being treated unfairly by the postal service — because of their dogs. They called KAKE News’ Jemelle Holopirek to help solve their problem. For the past 40 years, Leon Normore and Jimmy Fields received their mail individually, directly to their homes. But just last week all of that […]
The Postal Solutions Companies was named as one of the fastest growing businesses owned or led by University of Florida alumni. The UF 2016 Gator100 recipients were named during a reception on February 18, 2016 on campus in Gainesville, Florida. Orlando, FL, February 23, 2016 – (PR.com) – The Postal Solutions Companies was named as one […]
NALC, USPS formally open bargaining talks NALC President Fredric Rolando and USPS Postmaster General Megan Brennan met today at NALC Headquarters in Washington, DC, to formally open negotiations for a new collective-bargaining agreement. The present 2011-2016 agreement, covering more than 204,000 active city letter carriers employed by USPS, is set to expire at midnight on […]
HILLSDALE, New Jersey (WABC) – A postmaster’s call for help, after one of his mail carriers was trapped inside a truck surrounded by wild turkeys in New Jersey, has been released. The postmaster of the Hillsdale branch the U.S. Postal Service called 911 just after 12 p.m. Tuesday, prompting police officers to respond to the scene to […]
On February 3, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Lawrence Moyer, President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 6723 (located in Troy, Mich.), was charged in a criminal complaint with one count of embezzling $2,599 in union funds, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The charge follows […]
On January 27, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Nereida Norris, Clerk Craft Director of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 98 (located in Fort Worth, Tex.), was charged in a one-count information for making a false statement, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001. The charge follows an […]
On January 27, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, John McCain, former Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 1016 (located in Poplar Bluff, Mo.), was indicted on one count of embezzlement of $30,948 in labor union funds, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The indictment […]