National Holiday to Honor the Iconic Civil Rights Leader Post Offices across the country will be closed on Monday, January 18, 2021 as postal employees pause to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Street delivery on Monday will be limited to guaranteed overnight parcels and there will be no collection of mail. King, born in […]
1/9/2021 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — It’s been two weeks since Christmas and yet some are still waiting on Santa to deliver their packages. The holidays are over, but some are still waiting for packages from the USPS. It’s getting to the point where they’re starting to lose their patience. The post office is turning packages left […]
1/8/2021 – An Elk Grove Village man who pleaded guilty in federal court to attempted second-degree murder in the 2018 shooting of a postal worker was sentenced Friday to 16 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly sentenced Cameron Ruebusch, 26, during a 90-minute hearing held via video conference. Kennelly said he considered […]
1/8/2021 SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Priscilla Czyz, age 37, of Cato, New York, has been charged with obstructing the mail, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon Special Agent in Charge Matthew Modafferi, United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS-OIG), Northeast Area Field Office. Czyz was arraigned today in federal court in […]
1/8/2021 A New Hampshire man (letter carrier) who attended a Trump rally in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, then swept with a mob into the Capitol building, described drinking wine amid the melee and said he has no regrets Jason Riddle, of Keene, New Hampshire, says he is a military veteran and a proud supporter of President […]
1/8/2021 – RICHMOND, Va. –A Richmond man pleaded guilty today to assaulting a longtime United States Postal Service city carrier who was delivering mail in the Gilpin Court neighborhood. According to court documents, video surveillance captured Erriette Williams, 45, approach USPS city carrier J.B., grab a parcel key from him, and, after daring J.B. to […]
1/8/2021 BECKLEY, W.Va. – – United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Matthew Riffle, age 30, of Rupert, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for the felony offense of breaking into a United States Post Office. Riffle pled guilty on September 25, 2020 and has been in federal custody since June 30, […]
1/7/2021 ST. LOUIS — – The president of a St. Louis postal union was indicted Wednesday and accused of embezzling about $80,000. Scott E. Rodgers, president of Postal Mail Handlers Local 314 since October 2016, was indicted in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on a felony charge of embezzlement from a labor union, according […]
When I returned to work after Christmas, I heard stories from all my coworkers about how there was very light volume during the Christmas season. This has never been the case. In my years at the post office, a 40-hour work week is unheard of during the holidays. Usually the month of December is filled […]
Street delivery uninterrupted as window services shutter temporarily 1/7/2021 BRIDGEPORT NY – Postal officials are reporting that the Bridgeport Post Office, which straddles the borders of Madison and Onondaga Counties, will reduce its operations due to the impacts of COVID-19 on the office’s staff. Effective Thursday, January 7, 2021, the Bridgeport Post Office will suspend […]