Robbers Pose As Postal Workers In Houston Home Invasion
For the second time this month, a crook posing as a letter carrier has tricked a victim into opening their front door. Police say it’s a disturbing new trend in home invasions. Read More
Issa Continues His Crusade Against USPS
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Postal Service Combats Arctic Temperatures
The winds howled and temperatures in the Quad Cities dropped to minus 20 on Monday, January 6, 2014. Wind chills peaked near minus 50. That didn’t stop the U.S. Postal Service from delivering the mail. “It’s cold, the wind just whips right through you,” said Jessica Timm, a U.S. postal mail carrier. Jessica started […]
Mailman rescued from Monmouth Beach coastal flooding
Surge from the winter storm caused some significant and dangerous flooding in communities along the Jersey Shore on Friday. First, a surging high tide trapped a mailman in Monmouth Beach. Rescuers from the Monmouth Beach and Long Branch Fire Departments came to his aid as the Shrewsbury River surrounded his truck at the intersection of […]
Video: Sacramento honor student faces charges for suspected assault on mailman
SACRAMENTO – An honor student who went on a drinking binge is in jail and facing assault charges after hitting a mailman Monday. According to his father, 30-year old Brandon Williams had been drinking vodka for two days before the incident Monday afternoon. After calling a fill-in mail carrier a “bastard,” Williams allegedly waited for […]
Is the postal service going the way of the pony express?
Another story that came and went without much notice this week was the announcement by the u-s post office that the price of a first class stamp will rise from 46 to 49 cents in late January. This got us wondering about the future of mail delivery in this country. For more,, we are joined […]
Video: Delivery Gone Wrong: Local Man & Postal Workers Speak Out
Every day the postal service mails millions of letters and packages and it’s even busier during the holiday season! Since they have to handle so much mail, there are some cases where they misplace or misdeliver items. One local man is out of almost $1,500 after he purchased a coin, tried selling it, and now […]
Video: Overstuffed mailboxes have Houston postal customers concerned
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player HOUSTON – Stuffed and overflowing mailboxes at Houston area post offices have customers concerned the postal service is putting their mail and personal information at risk. Mail was practically spilling out of the blue mailboxes outside of the Julius Melcher Post Office on Timmons when we stopped by and customers […]
Postal worker smells chemical odor, passes out
The holiday rush of packages is on, making for long lines at post offices all over the state. But something bizarre happened Thursday, at the Colbalt Post Office in East Hampton. A strange odor left a post worker unconscious. The postal worker was taken to the hospital by ambulance after smelling an odor and […]
Fight With the Mail Carrier Leads to a Standoff And No Mail
Homeowner Kent Berg showed ABC Action News how he maintains his yard as well as the right of way that borders the gravel road in front of his home. Which explains why Berg took issue with the postal carrier turning around in the manicured grass in front of his house. He says he’s been asking […]