Royal Oak postal carrier makes sure letters to Santa get responses
12/09/20 – With over 20 years on the job, John Dick of Royal Oak has made a very, very good friend: The head of the Elves committee at the Royal Oak Post Office. Fox 2 Detroit
Chicago residents want answers from USPS after mail found in garbage
CHICAGO – Southwest Side residents want answers from the Postal Service after a social media post shows mail that was found inside a garbage can. On Tuesday, a woman in the 19th Ward said she went out to her alley and found an assortment of mail stuffed in the garbage. She posted it on social […]
Chicago Postal Worker Says Staffers Are Coming Down With COVID-19 And It’s Causing Mail Delays
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago-area postal worker who is battling COVID-19 spoke out Monday out about the mail service delays and issues we’ve spent months uncovering, across the city and surrounding suburbs. That worker told CBS 2’s Tara Molina that staffers do not feel safe, with more and more of them coming down with the virus […]
‘Lost packages, delays’ – USPS shipping and mail delivery issues continue as holiday gift shopping kicks into high gear
GREENSBORO, N.C. — It’s the holiday season which already means an influx of packages being shipped. With the challenges brought on by the global pandemic, many are worried their gifts and purchases will not arrive in time for Christmas. Several people have sent emails to WFMY News 2 complaining they have tracked their delayed packages […]
‘Dear Santa’ – Film about USPS program opens Dec. 4
USPS News Link – 12/03/20 – “Dear Santa,” a documentary about USPS Operation Santa, will be released in select theaters and through video-on-demand on Friday, Dec. 4. The film shines a light on the annual program that allows Postal Service employees, customers and organizations to “adopt” letters to Santa Claus and fulfill holiday wish lists […]
COVID-19 Cases At Post Offices May Be To Blame For Spotty Mail Service In Riverdale And Several Other Places
RIVERDALE, Ill. (CBS) — Spotty mail service has people in the south suburbs fired up – and worried about the holiday season. They are issues that CBS 2’s Tara Molina first investigated months ago. On Tuesday, she learned that COVID-19 outbreaks inside postal offices could be to blame for these new delays. In south suburban Riverdale, […]
Mailman held at gunpoint and robbed over his delivery in east Houston
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An alert mailman and concerned neighbors helped police find the suspect who allegedly robbed the mailman at gunpoint in east Houston on Saturday, Nov. 28. Sarah Gutierrez was out of town visiting family, but when her Ring doorbell camera buzzed, she picked up. Gutierrez saw her normal mailman frantically knocking on […]
Postal Problems As People Don’t Get Their Packages
11/27/20 – CBS 2’s Tim McNicholas reports, some Edgewater and Rogers Park residents are not getting their mail.
Alabama mail carrier surprises birthday boy with a gift
(AP) – When Chip Matthews heard the mail truck arriving on his sixth birthday, he rushed out — not knowing that he’d come back with a treasure. Outside the house, which was decorated with birthday balloons, mail carrier Tawanna Purter held a pile of boxes. One of them was marked with Chip’s name and a greeting […]
Video: Mail thieves target gated townhomes in Houston
HOUSTON – People who live in the West Greenridge Circle townhomes and condos are angry and looking for answers after two men drove into their gated community and stole their mail in just a matter of minutes. Video shared by the Homeowners Association shows one thief getting out of a Chevy Impala with a bag attached […]