{"id":28926,"date":"2020-07-08T10:18:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T15:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=28926"},"modified":"2020-07-08T10:18:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T15:18:16","slug":"chicago-area-residents-say-theyve-gotten-no-mail-for-weeks-are-missing-necessities-such-as-medicines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/07\/08\/chicago-area-residents-say-theyve-gotten-no-mail-for-weeks-are-missing-necessities-such-as-medicines\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Area Residents Say They\u2019ve Gotten No Mail For Weeks, Are Missing Necessities Such As Medicines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=eyJtIjoiY2JzIiwidiI6IjQ2MTg4NDMiLCJhbnZhY2siOiI1VkQ2RXlkNmRqZXdiQ21Od0JGbnNKajE3WUF2R1J3bCIsInNoYXJlTGluayI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY2JzbG9jLmFsLzNlMkE4MHciLCJwbHVnaW5zIjp7ImNvbXNjb3JlIjp7ImNsaWVudElkIjoiMzAwMDAyMyIsImMzIjoiQ2hpY2Fnby5jYnNsb2NhbC5jb20ifSwiZGZwIjp7ImNsaWVudFNpZGUiOnsiYWRUYWdVcmwiOiJodHRwOi8vcHViYWRzLmcuZG91YmxlY2xpY2submV0L2dhbXBhZC9hZHM%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%3D\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>CHICAGO (CBS)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 No mail for weeks \u2013 it\u2019s an issue in Hyde Park, where CBS 2 heard from a few people who are missing shipments they need.<\/p>\n<p>CBS 2\u2019s Tara Molina talked to an elderly man who relies on prescriptions he gets in the mail. She also asked the U.S. Postal Service what\u2019s going on and what they\u2019re going to do to fix it.<\/p>\n<p>The people we talked to can\u2019t wait any longer. They have been waiting on prescriptions they should have had delivered almost two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>For Roy Coleman, it has been three weeks since the mail stopped coming. He said before this, he has never had a problem with the mail in Hyde Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the other people in the complex are having the same problem,\u201d Coleman said.<\/p>\n<p>A retired science teacher, Coleman and his wife, Diana, have called a quiet stretch of Kimbark Avenue home for decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve only seen the mailman twice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s more than missing mail to Coleman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing that I\u2019m concerned about are the two medicines,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Coleman needs those two prescriptions just to get through the day. Shipped two weeks ago, they usually get to him in a day or two.<\/p>\n<p>Where does he think those prescriptions are right now?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbably sitting at the Post Office, because we\u2019re not getting anything,\u201d Coleman said. Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2020\/07\/07\/some-hyde-park-residents-say-theyve-gotten-no-mail-for-weeks-are-missing-necessities-such-as-medicines\/\">CBS Chicago<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28927\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Chicago-Area-Missing-Mail-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Chicago-Area-Missing-Mail-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Chicago-Area-Missing-Mail-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Chicago-Area-Missing-Mail.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO (CBS)\u00a0\u2014 No mail for weeks \u2013 it\u2019s an issue in Hyde Park, where CBS 2 heard from a few people who are missing shipments they need. CBS 2\u2019s Tara Molina talked to an elderly man who relies on prescriptions he gets in the mail. She also asked the U.S. Postal Service what\u2019s going on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-video-gallery","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28928,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28926\/revisions\/28928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}