1/01/21 CAMBRIDGE (CBS) – The U.S. Postal Service is still dealing with some post-Christmas delays. Some people in Massachusetts say packages they sent in mid-December have not arrived at their destination. Denise Newton’s package should be heading to New York. “Got an email last night that it’s in New Hampshire now,” Newton said. She dropped […]
12/31/2020 MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — The United States Postal Service says it hired a record number of seasonal employees to handle a record number of packages coming through this year. Debra Fetterly, the USPS Spokesperson for the Alabama District, said in a statement, “We no longer have a backlog of holiday packages in the Alabama […]
12/30/2020 DUNDALK, Md. — First it was packages and mail deliveries, now Marylanders tell WBAL-TV 11 News they’re facing another problem related to the post office: The receipt and payment of their bills. Some Maryland residents say they have long run out of patience with the backlog of mail and packages being handled by the […]
12/30/2020 U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has a lot of explaining to do, as some in Washington are saying his removal this fall of mail sorting machines at postal facilities is partly to blame for challenges the U.S. Postal Service faced in getting packages delivered during the Christmas season. Of course, the culprit being blamed […]
12/29/2020 CHICAGO (WLS) — The unprecedented volume of holiday mail sent by USPS this year isn’t the only reason for persistent postal delays. Chronic understaffing and capacity challenges are the foundation. Leon Paramore waited for nearly three weeks for a package sent by two-day Priority Mail. After endlessly tracking, several phone calls and even filing […]
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — If you are still waiting for holiday packages to arrive in Maine, you are not alone. The president of American Postal Workers Union Local 458 said there is a holiday shipping backlog. He said hasn’t seen anything like it before. “The volume of parcels we received flooded our facility. It’s difficult to […]
CLEVELAND — Cleveland’s United States Post Office distribution center has been plagued with delays for the last few weeks as packages and mail overwhelm couriers nationwide. At times, semi-trucks waited outside the facility for upwards of 12 hours waiting to be unloaded and eventually delivered. One driver even spent multiple days outside sleeping in his […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) — Dozens of tractor-trailer trucks lined Page Boulevard in Springfield Friday waiting to enter the United States Postal Service’s bulk mail center, causing traffic delays for hours. The 22News I-Team contacted the Postal Service to find out what was happening at the facility to cause the back up. In a statement to […]
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Problems with packages in the mail are popping up across Indiana, and the Postal Service said it’s trying to keep up, but the volume of packages is larger than ever before. News 8 has received dozens of reports of shipped orders only showing “in transit” when tracked. People told News 8 that […]
CLEVELAND (WJW)– The FOX 8 I-Team obtained new pictures revealing endless loads of mail waiting to get delivered to you. So, we tried tracking down the local postmaster to find out what’s being done about backlogs with your holiday mail. The pictures reveal rows and rows of large boxes holding cards, letters and packages. You […]