SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – It’s been a difficult and busy year for the U.S. Postal Service, who have been working non-stop since the start of the pandemic. Post Master General Louis DeJoy imposed cost cuts back in August, fueling anger among workers in the industry. Senator Ed Markey, Congressman Richard Neal and other Springfield leaders […]
Body camera footage from an Austin Police Department officer A Texas sheriff has been indicted on felony charges of tampering with evidence in the case of Javier Ambler, a Black man who was killed by police last year during a traffic stop that escalated into a high-speed chase caught on film by a reality television […]
The U.S. Postal Service is investigating how three trays of mail, including absentee ballots, ended up in a ditch line in Wisconsin, a swing state whose voters could prove crucial in the upcoming elections. The Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office said the mail was found around 8 a.m. Monday morning near the intersection of highways 96 and CB, […]
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 […]