The post office, located near Ohio and Dearborn Streets in the city’s River North, was shut down Saturday morning after the air-conditioning went out A downtown Chicago post office will reopen Monday after more than a dozen people were hospitalized over the weekend for heat-related illnesses. The post office, located near Ohio and Dearborn Streets […]
CHICAGO (WLS) — Almost 40 U.S. Postal Office employees at a River North facility were treated Saturday morning for heat-related illnesses, including dizziness and nausea, after temperatures inside the building reached nearly 100 degrees, a Chicago fire official said. Thirteen employees were hospitalized and another 23 workers were treated at the scene of the facility […]
Wandtv.com, NewsCenter17, StormCenter17, Central Illinois News- via PEN DECATUR — Tracy Osborne never knows exactly when inspiration will strike. A postal worker of 28 years, Osborne has learned that all that walking from house-to-house leaves a lot of time for the mind to wander. “When I’m walking, delivering the mail I get the creative juices flowing,” […]
MIAMI – A dog attacked a postal worker Tuesday afternoon in Miami, a U.S. Postal Service spokeswoman said. The dog, believed to be a pit bull mix, attacked the woman in the 2100 block of Southwest 24th Terrace. USPS spokeswoman Debra Fetterly said the employee was bitten on the arm or hand and taken to Jackson […]
The Prime Air program can deliver packages within 30 minutes by drone. Good news for Amazon Prime members: You’re now one step closer to being able to have your packages delivered by a drone. Amazon announced Monday that it will partner with the United Kingdom’s government to test new methods of drone delivery. Along with the UK Civil Aviation […]
WAAYTV.com – Huntsville, Alabama – via PEN An American flag, lit on fire and burned in broad daylight. Now investigators are looking for who did it and residents are left stunned. It happened in Hillsboro at the post office last Wednesday. “I think it’s pretty bad that someone would stoop to that level,” said a […]
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WVEC) — Thursday, outside temperatures were among the hottest so far this year, as the heat index reached over 105 degrees. A heat advisory was in place for the entire Hampton Roads area from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Eight year old Carmine McDaniel, a Newport News boy, wanted to help his […]
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – A local woman says she had to get a protection order to keep the family’s mail carrier away, but despite that, the post office didn’t change his route. The mother of two, who didn’t want to be identified, says she called police on her mail carrier, Gregg Snyder, 62, after he […]
CARUTHERS, Calif. (KMPH) — What if we told you that there is a way for crooks to steal your mail and your identity right now. And there seems to be no way to stop it. That’s what happened recently in Caruthers, and the family that was hit says it’s still paying the price. So how did […]
SAN ANTONIO – Several broken mailboxes, stolen credit cards and bills tampered with. Neighbors in far Northwest Bexar County fear the same mail thief is targeting their community. They turned to News 4 San Antonio for help. Last Thursday morning, many people who live in the Silver Oaks Subdivision were met with a mess when […]