Rural carrier and dog rescue cat

Rural carrier and dog rescue cat

Heroes’ corner Postal employee, dog rescue cat USPS News – 4/22/15 Winthrop, WA, Rural Carrier Dori Blackburn Who says postal carriers and dogs can’t get along? Dori Blackburn recently joined the Postal Service as a rural carrier in Winthrop, WA. For several days, she was approached on her route by a dog that seemed eager to […]

Video: Postal carrier catches accused peeping Tom in the act

Video: Postal carrier catches accused peeping Tom in the act

Denver – A postal carrier stepped into action and stopped a peeping Tom in a Southwest Denver neighborhood. Amos Lopez, a Navy veteran, has been delivering mail in Denver for 31 years. “I like it and that’s why I’m still doing it,” Lopez said. Lopez said he enjoys being outdoors and meeting the neighbors. But […]

Video: Pelosi Says Gyrocopter Landing at Capitol ‘Stunning’

Video: Pelosi Says Gyrocopter Landing at Capitol ‘Stunning’

Members of Congress say they received no warning that the West Front went into lockdown Wednesday afternoon, prompting concerns about how Capitol Police would handle a more menacing threat to the secure airspace surrounding the Dome. Among those demanding accountability from Capitol Police over the gyrocopter incident are appropriators who write the Capitol Police budget. “We […]

Video: Homeland Security chairman: Gyrocopter pilot was ‘going postal’

Video: Homeland Security chairman: Gyrocopter pilot was ‘going postal’

House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Sunday that last week’s gyrocopter incident exposed a security concern around the nation’s capital. “It exposes a vulnerability that the terrorists, I think, can exploit,” McCaul said on ABC’s “This Week.” “I think part of the problem is these small, ultralight aircraft are very difficult to detect, […]

TV star Pauley Perrette praises New York carrier

TV star Pauley Perrette praises New York carrier

Sweet tweet TV star Pauley Perrette praises New York carrier USPS News –  4/17/15 Pauley Perrette and New York City Letter Carrier Patricia Key New York City Letter Carrier Patricia Key was photographed with “NCIS” star Pauley Perrette during a recent visit to Donna Bell’s Bake Shop, a midtown bakery that Perrette co-owns. Perrette shared the photo […]

Video: Petitioner arrested for refusing to move from post office

Video: Petitioner arrested for refusing to move from post office

Rapid City, SD –  Those circulating petitions against the Rapid City school district tax increase have a new challenge. They can no longer collect signatures on interior sidewalks in front of the post office. A Rapid City police officer spent the morning arguing with those carrying the clipboards. He explained that the postal service had […]

Video: Who Is Doug Hughes? Inside the Mind of the Mailman Who Flew to Washington

Video: Who Is Doug Hughes? Inside the Mind of the Mailman Who Flew to Washington

Doug Hughes wouldn’t like this story. After all, the Florida letter carrier who landed a gyro-copter at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday has long insisted that his message — not he — is what’s important: “I’m just delivering the mail.” Hughes, 61, of Ruskin, Florida, piloted his small open-cockpit gyro-copter from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to Washington, […]