A tractor-trailer carrying postal service packages crashed on Interstate 77 south outside Statesville late Thursday morning. The driver of the truck told troopers he was carrying approximately 50,000 pounds of United States Postal Service packages, the Record & Landmark of Statesville reported. Many of those packages, troopers said, are scattered in the woods at the […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE — Heavy fog and icy road conditions on Afton Mountain sent nearly 20 people to area hospitals when a tractor-trailer loaded with mail slid out of control on Interstate 64 early Sunday morning and was struck by a Troy-based tour bus. “[The] tractor-trailer was traveling east on Interstate 64 when the driver lost control […]
3/12/2018 Beam Bros. Trucking Inc. (BBT), and its principals Gerald Beam and Garland Beam, have agreed to pay $1,025,000 to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that BBT overcharged the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on contracts to transport mail. BBT is a trucking company located in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. “The Department of Justice takes […]
06/26/2015 – The APWU and the Mail Contractors of America (MCA) have reached a tentative contract agreement for private-sector drivers in terminals in Des Moines and Kansas City. Union members at those terminals will have the opportunity to vote to ratify or reject the agreement. “The terms of the agreement will vastly improve the disciplinary […]
3/30/2015 – Memphis, Tenn – Two Verbena residents have been arrested and charged in a federal indictment that accuses them of conspiring to steal packages of prescription pharmaceuticals intended for military veterans. Kevin Cochrane, 34, and Carmen Cochrane, 36, both of Verbena, were named in a four-count indictment charging the couple with conspiracy to possess […]