OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) – Police have made an arrest in connection with a package theft caught on surveillance video. Sara Kanger, 21, was booked into jail Monday to face a charge of theft by unlawful taking. The arrest is in connection with a report of a package being taken from the porch of a Dundee […]
WEYMOUTH, Mass. (MyFoxboston.com) – Police in Weymouth say a postal worker allegedly hit a woman on purpose Sunday in Weymouth. The mail carrier, 40-year-old Edmund Hagerty of Whitman, was delivering packages Sunday night when he allegedly hit Amy Conlin. Conlin, who was hospitalized after the crash, went out into the street to stop the driver […]
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) – A Memphis mail carrier battled more than rain Monday when he was robbed while on the job. The robber took the mail carrier’s pants, shoes, and his wallet at a South Mendenhall apartment complex. Postal Inspector Susan Link said she has never seen such a case. “His wallet was inside the […]
Camden Property Trust takes a tough stand and stops accepting package deliveries WSJ – The biggest landlords in the U.S. are being crushed under a mountain of packages, leading one large apartment operator to stop accepting deliveries and others to experiment with ways to minimize the clutter. The moves are at the center of two […]
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) From APWU President Mark Dimondstein It’s amazing that presidential campaigns have become such big business that they never seem to cease. As soon as one ends, the next one begins, unleashing megabucks of corporate cash and contributions from super-wealthy donors, endless campaigning, […]
A Rochester, NY woman reached out to us (WHEC) after making a bizarre discovery inside a package she was expecting. Denise Logan sent her camera in to be fixed and on Thursday she got it back. But when she opened the box, she never expected to find what she did. After returning from a trip […]
AURORA, Colo. – The United States Postal Service says it is hiring additional carriers to handle a big increase in business, but some carriers and rural carrier associates say it’s not happening fast enough. Melissa Deal said she quit her job as a rural carrier associate earlier this month, after being told that she wouldn’t […]
Heber City, Utah — (KUTV) Nicole Robinson runs a photography studio in Heber. She sold a portable power supply online to a buyer in New York and shipped it using the United States Postal Service. “I went and actually bought a very sturdy box, extra packaging, since this is a heavy item, I took great care […]
Chris Leary and Markette Sheppard speak with U.S. Chief Postal Inspector Guy Cottrell and actress Erica-Marie Sanchez about CBS show, THE INSPECTORS. The show depicts government intrigue and a teenage coming-of-age story from two unique perspectives.
NALC News – 10/21/15 – Does the election of Canada’s new prime minister mean the end of cluster-box conversion there? The “Save the Post Office” blog analyzes what Monday’s election outcome in Canada might mean for the future of Canada Post’s plans to end door-delivery of mail there. Part of the platform of incoming Prime […]