(WZZM) — The U.S. Postal Service is seeing an uptick in business, but not necessarily in a way it wants. California drug dealers are using Priority Mail and Express Mail to send narcotics to Michigan. In separate incidents this week, cocaine and marijuana were mailed to people in Muskegon and Wyoming. Read More
WASHINGTON (WUSA) Feb. 26, 2014 — A mail carrier beaten and robbed while on his Northeast D.C. mail route on Tuesday is out of the hospital. Read More
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — United States Post Office officials are refusing to answer questions about two more employees with criminal convictions in their pasts. Eyewitness News first began questioning hiring practices at USPS in December 2013 after Channel 9 uncovered that a woman convicted of multiple criminal charges, including fraud, had been hired as the postmaster […]
BUTLER, Pa. — Butler City police are asking for the public’s help identifying the driver wanted in connection with a hit-and-run accident Saturday morning. Authorities said a postal worker was hit at the intersection of Spang and Walker avenues while delivering mail just before 10 a.m. Saturday. Read More
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player WICHITA, Kan. – Misty White is upset her mother is out $550. She wants to warn others. “I’m so upset,” White says. “I’ve had a headache all day.” White’s mom thought she was paying her rent with a money order. She dropped the envelope in one of two big blue […]
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — More than 100 care packages meant for troops serving in Afghanistan are just sitting at a postal office in DeKalb County. The packages were sent out months ago by the King’s Bridge Retirement Community Center on Briarcliff Drive. Read More
GREENSBORO — A turkey attacked a mail carrier while she was on her route in a neighborhood in northwest Greensboro this week. Guilford County Animal Control says the turkey attacked her from behind when she was walking back to her truck after delivering a letter at a home on Tuesday. Read More
PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) — Postal Inspectors using fingerprint evidence arrested a 31-year-old man for mail theft and possession of a postal key in Hollywood Wednesday. The investigation began after surveillance video captured a man and a woman walking up to the front door of an apartment complex on the 7200 block of Franklin Avenue in […]
Over the past year, Americans have realized the hard truth that the Postal Service is on the verge of financial collapse. Although the situation is dire, it isn’t hopeless. With the right tools and quick action from Congress, the Postal Service can reform, right-size and modernize.” – U.S. Senator Tom Carper
The United States Postal Service has a serious dilemma: How can it survive in the age of email, online banking and a very competitive shipping industry? The Post Office recently raised the price of a first-class stamp to $0.49 from $0.46 but three extra pennies to send a letter in the mail will have little […]