A mailman’s careless delivery to a northwest Houston home was caught on camera Saturday. In the video, the postal worker can be seen rolling up in the driveway, walks a few steps and then tosses the box towards the porch. This is on De Lange Lane near Antoine Drive.\ Read More
Nearly two dozen indictments were handed out following a yearlong federal investigation into mail theft. Operation Broken Mailbox is an ongoing effort involving a surge of postal inspectors and analysts working with local law enforcement partners to investigate and prosecute stolen mail offenses. Operation Mailbox was initiated following postal customer complaints about mail thieves who […]
Some Chicago residents say the U.S. Postal Service is delaying delivery of their packages. Postal officials say there is a reason they have been slowed down. Call it the polar vortex pileup. Read More
The US Postal Service delivered gifts to thousands of consumers last month who were victims of scams involving Moneygram. Millions of dollars are being returned to people who thought they lost it all. Fraud victim Wanda Wood explained, “One morning I answered the phone… and this a young fella said “hi Grandma”…” Wanda says the […]
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
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]