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, […]
USPS has gift cards for sale American Express gift cards available at 5,000 locations USPS 12.19.14 – Post Offices have just the thing for last-minute shoppers: Gift cards. USPS offers American Express Gift Cards at 5,000 Post Offices in 49 states — plus Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. They may be a perfect […]
USPS network operations in full force for the holidays Miami Letter Carrier Milaina Cruz loads packages into a new cargo van. USPS – 12.18.14 – Postal facilities across the nation are working hard to keep the mail moving during the peak holiday season. Atlanta District is having its biggest season ever. One example: Package volume […]
Alabama Medical Clerk Sentenced to Prison for Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme that Involved Corrupt U.S. Postal Service Employee An Alabama woman was sentenced today to serve 70 months in prison for her involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice […]
A Niagara Falls, NY CCA, city carrier assistant, who lost her job with the U.S. Postal Service after her arrest months ago pleaded guilty Wednesday to obstruction of the mails. Jennifer Paonessa, 33, admitted stealing at least 15 Victoria’s Secret coupons that had been mailed to customers, federal prosecutors said. Paonessa faces a prison term of […]