A courtroom was packed with loved ones and community members of a beloved U.S. postal worker Tuesday as the driver who struck and killed him in a hit-and-run crash learned his sentence. More than a dozen people wishing to speak in court showed up at the sentencing for 56-year-old Craig Nelson of Julian, who struck […]
LEE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) — Residents who live in Sanford’s Winding Creek expect to receive mail daily like everyone else. But recently, it’s arrived either late or to the wrong address. Mary Lutz has been a resident in the community for two years. She is retired and stays home most days, but seemingly, she’s picked […]
2/11/20 – The West Loop area in Chicago is considered one of the hottest neighborhoods on the edges of downtown, but a recent rash of burglaries at several apartments has residents alarmed. “I was shocked,” said Fred Stein, a condo owner and board member. “They were in and out very quickly. Clearing out the mailboxes […]
The Postal Service’s financial report for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 underlines the need for congressional action on common-sense legislative reform. The first step toward such reform is the USPS Fairness Act, which a large bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives voted for earlier this week. The entire first quarter loss—$748 million—stems from […]
NALC – 2/5/20 – Today, the House of Representatives passed the USPS Fairness Act (H.R. 2382) in a 309 to 106 vote. As letter carriers know, this bipartisan bill seeks to end the mandate for the Postal Service to prefund retiree health care decades in advance. Passage of H.R. 2382 is a tremendous achievement for […]
The APWU National Executive Board voted on Jan. 29 to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders for President of the United States. In light of the importance of the presidential election and in response to many inquiries from members as to the union leadership’s position, a number of “top tier” candidates, or their designees, were invited to […]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A U.S. Postal Service inspector says the post office battles narcotic trafficking daily. Postal Service Inspector Paul Shade intercepted six pounds of methamphetamine from making its way to a home in Hutchinson last week. Shade says the post office uses a multitude of resources to identify suspicious parcels coming through the […]
A community gathered Sunday for an El Cerrito mail carrier hit and killed while biking. A postal worker of about 25 years, 56-year-old Kevin Wilson was killed in a hit-and-run accident while biking on Martin Luther King Day. NBC San Diego
San Diego’s El Cerrito community is mourning the death of a favorite son. Not a relative or civic leader, but someone whose life touched all of theirs – their neighborhood postal worker. Twenty-five-year postal work veteran Kevin Wilson, 56, was killed in a hit-and-run accident while biking on Martin Luther King Day. NBC San Diego
DALLAS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU-TV) Those concerns center around mail delivered by the Dallas Post Office to folks who live on Overbrook Avenue.. Residents we spoke to say…They want their mailboxes relocated to prevent a tragedy. “You can see the car flying down the hill and it’s dangerous. Plus I live on the berm of […]