Video: USPS letter requiring customers to move mailboxes to curb sent in error

Postal service sends out false notice to homeowners August 7, 2015 – Lubbock, TX – An unexpected letter in the mail. Residents were geared up for mail delivery changes. The U.S. Postal Service sent out a letter by mistake to a north Lubbock neighborhood.  Residents who live on Bates Street said they got the surprising news […]

Former Postmaster Relief Sentenced To Federal Prison For Theft Of Postal Funds And Identity Theft

Louisiana postal worker opened mail, stole identities and credit BATON ROUGE, LA –United States Attorney Walt Green announced that Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced LARONDA D. MOORE, age 38, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, yesterday to serve 32 months in federal prison for her conviction for aggravated identity theft and misappropriation of postal […]

USPS: Two Postal Pulse questions explained

USPS continues to gather feedback about the Postal Pulse, the all-employee survey administered earlier this year. Many employees are curious about the survey’s first two questions, which asked if employees know what’s expected of them at work and whether they have the materials and equipment needed to perform their jobs effectively. “Knowing what’s expected of […]

Video: USPS refutes NY Postmaster letter telling customers to move mailboxes or else

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — People in an Amherst neighborhood are mad and confused after receiving letters from the Postal Service, stating they must move their mailboxes or they will no longer receive any mail. These new mailboxes the Post Office is encouraging people to buy would have to be purchased with money out of homeowners’ […]

Video: Detroit mother grateful for help mail carrier daughter received after being hit by car

DETROIT (WXYZ) – A Detroit mother is thanking the people who saved her daughter’s life.Deanna Craddock’s daughter Whitney, a young postal worker, was outside her mail truck when she was hit by an impaired driver and pinned underneath the two vehicles. “I was just saying a prayer on the side of the bed for God […]

Video: Postal worker refutes claims he threatened to shoot postal supervisor

Postal worker refutes claims he made terroristic threat   According to an arrest report and a post office document, Manansala threatened to shoot a specific supervisor and anyone that “got in the way.” “Mr. Manansala categorically denies those charges,” said attorney Wayne Fowler. “In fact, Mr. Manansala doesn’t even own a gun.” Fowler calls the […]

Video: Michigan postal worker critically injured when her van is struck by car

  EASTPOINTE, Mich. – A U.S. Postal Service worker was critically injured Wednesday morning when her parked van was struck by another vehicle on 10 Mile Road just west of Gratiot Avenue in Eastpointe. The worker was alert and talking after being hit. She was not inside the van when it was struck. It was […]

USPS Heroes’ corner: ATV-riding postal employee helps save stranded sisters

Hudsonville, MI, Rural Carrier Stephen Hartman took his all-terrain vehicle (ATV) out for a spin recently — and ended up helping save two lives. Hartman, his brother and two friends were riding their ATVs through a remote area on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The group was soon approached by state police officers who had just spotted […]

Alaska Postal Employee trains Special Olympics athletes, set record lifting 716 pounds

Power player Postal Employee’s avocation shifts career, life trajectory Alaska District employee Mark Eppihimer unlocked a wealth of strengths when he got into power lifting a decade ago. “I thought it might be fun to do some strength training,” he said. “After about five years, I decided to do it competitively.” Eppihimer — 6’3”, 300 […]