CHICAGO (WLS) — The family of missing Chicago postal worker Kierra Coles will mark her 28th birthday Thursday. Coles went missing in October 2018. She was three months pregnant at the time. In July police suspended their investigation, saying they’d exhausted all leads. Police said the missing person case is still classified as high-risk, with foul play suspected. […]
Over the past several months, there has been a concerted effort by some to cast doubt on the security of vote by mail and on the ability of the Postal Service to meet the expected surge in vote by mail this year. We have pushed back on this narrative and communicated that we are confident we will […]
CHICAGO (CBS) — There are now 44 days until the November election, and on this day, when everyone is being urged to register to vote, we are learning there are big worries about mail-in ballots. Already in Illinois, more than 1.7 million people have requested them – four times the previous record in 2018. And now […]
CHICAGO – Postal workers gathered together Thursday night to pray for their injured coworker who was shot near 91st and Ellis in the Burnside neighborhood last week. The 24-year-old postal worker remains hospitalized. Mail is getting delayed amid safety concerns. While letter carriers face snow and rain and even COVID-19, postal workers are putting their foot down at shootings. […]
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$50K reward offered in Chicago postal worker shooting; letter carriers ‘terrified’ by violence, union says CHICAGO (WLS) — 9/11/20 – A $50,000 reward is being offered for information after a postal worker was shot Thursday morning in Chicago’s South Side Burnside neighborhood. The 24-year-old woman, who works as a United States Postal Service mail carrier, […]
Piles of mail were found in two separate locations in Glendale Thursday morning, including one incident where a rented truck was captured on surveillance video dumping bags of unopened letters and packages in the parking lot of a business. The first incident was reported at 7:30 a.m., in the 1000 block of Allen Avenue, according […]
ATLANTA – They are trustworthy, dependable, and ready to deliver in all types of weather. Homeowners generally have high regard for their neighborhood mail carrier. But there is a cloud hanging over one postal employee that results from an accusation she stole a package from the door of a Johns Creek homeowner. FOX 5 reported on the […]
? 8/15/20 – President Trump defended postmaster general Louis DeJoy against claims that the steps he has taken are causing delays in mail-in voting. “The steps he is taking are trying to stop the tremendous losses that have taken place for many, many years. He’s trying to streamline the post office and make it great […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – For the first time in 20 years, a post office in New Mexico could soon be renamed. Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) introduced a bill to rename it after an Albuquerque letter carrier who was murdered on the job in 2019. “The death of Jose Hernandez was so devastating. It was devastating news […]