Heroes’ corner Oklahoma letter carrier helps injured woman Tulsa, OK, Letter Carrier Jeremi O’Neal USPS – 01.12.15 – Tulsa, OK, Letter Carrier Jeremi O’Neal was delivering on his route when he came across a woman lying on her front porch. As he got closer, he saw she was covered in blood from a broken nose […]
HOUSTON (KTRK) – 01.06.15 – Houston post office employees say they are not getting paid on time. It’s happening at a Houston mail processing facility that has been the center of customer complaints about slow mail delivery. Employees we spoke with say they have not been paid on time. At least one worker is still […]
Following her instincts South Carolina rural carrier helps ill woman Irmo, SC Rural Carrier Kendra Miller USPS – 01.05.15 – Irmo, SC, Rural Carrier Kendra Miller had finished her route and was on her way back to the Post Office when she saw a vehicle with the driver behind the wheel — her head laid […]
The new year will bring leadership changes and other milestones for the Postal Service. PMG Pat Donahoe will retire Feb. 1 after 39 years with USPS. He’ll be succeeded by COO Megan Brennan, who’ll become the 74th Postmaster General — and the first woman to hold the position. “The organization has a lot of momentum […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The U.S. Postal Service plans to slow down delivery of first class mail on Monday as part of cost-cutting efforts in 2015. First class mail consists of the bills and cards sent through the mail. As customers send more email and pay more bills online, the volume of first class mail has […]
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – More than seven months after a Platteville woman mailed 1,000 of her son’s baseball and football cards to him in Seattle, they still have not arrived and neither has the insurance payment she took out on the package. Brugger said she placed the cards, which had been in her attic for the […]
12.27.14 – According to police on the scene the postal worker was delivering mail on Day Rd. when they turned left into a subdivision on Luan Dr. A second vehicle trying to pass the truck hit the postal worker with their vehicle; the worker then drove into a nearby home. Read more video platformvideo managementvideo […]
Where there’s smoke Ohio letter carrier rescues customer from house fire Akron, OH, Letter Carrier Kizzy Spaulding was delivering mail when she saw smoke coming from a house on her route. She knocked on the door and called for the customer, but didn’t get a response. So she looked through a window and saw her […]
SAN JOSE (KGO) – A thief was caught on surveillance video stealing a package in San Jose’s Evergreen neighborhood home. A postal worker dropped off the package around 9 a.m. on December 23 and about a half hour later a white car pulled up and a man walked up the lawn with a piece of […]
Shipping comparison Consumer Reports rates USPS, UPS and FedEx USPS – 12.22.14 – Consumer Reports published a review last week comparing the Postal Service to UPS and FedEx in several shipping categories, including cost, convenience and reliability. An overall rating is included too. To see what the magazine’s researchers found, read the review on the Consumer Reports’ website. Consumer Reports, […]