Dozens of immigrants who sought to renew their participation in a deferred-deportation program were surprised to learn that their applications had been rejected because they arrived late. Lawyers in the New York area cited at least 34 instances in which applications arrived late, and the blame apparently lies with the U.S. Postal Service, the New […]
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Everyday Stanley Phoenik at Manpower is making phone calls to connect applicants with job interviews. “If you want to work, now is the time,” he says. The need is across the board, from retail to manufacturing to package delivery. With more and more people doing their shopping online, the package delivery services […]
ATLANTA (CBS46) – Wilford Jackson lives in Southwest Atlanta. “Last night I was in bed trying to go to sleep,” he said. But he heard the mail truck at nearly midnight. “I jumped up,” he said. “I certainly didn’t expect it at that time of night.” Late mail delivery has been an ongoing issue for […]
11/4/17 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — We found mailboxes wide open and seemingly empty. “Every morning when I get ready to go to work they’ll be open,” Kenneth Quarles said. The postal service won’t deliver mail to boxes that don’t lock. Quarles says his does, but he like people with unlocked boxes hasn’t gotten any mail in […]
A retired veteran and postal worker missed his funeral after his remains were lost in the mail delivery process. The ashes of Richard Nelson, who once served in the Navy, remain missing. INDIANAPOLIS – A veteran and retired postal worker missed his funeral after his remains were lost in the mail delivery process. The ashes […]
10/25/2017 ATLANTA (CBS46) –Residents in south Atlanta say they’re waiting up often as late as 9 p.m. for their mail to arrive, adding that sometimes deliveries don’t come at all for days. Residents went inside the Herring Road Post Office to voice their concerns about mail delivery, but the supervisor told them they were calling […]
Including more than 850 million packages 10/25/2017 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service will deliver more than 15 billion pieces of mail this holiday season. In the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, the Postal Service also expects to deliver 850 million packages, which is more than a 10 percent increase compared to the […]
A message from the Postal Service to families and friends of our Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands postal customers: We want to assure you that we are making every possible effort to connect our customers in the Caribbean with their mail. We are doing everything we can, using every possible means available to us, to […]
10/10/2017 NORTHGLENN, Colo. — No mail, no delivery, nothing from the U.S. Postal Service. That’s the reality for a Northglenn neighborhood after an entire street was cut off from deliveries. “We just feel stuck,” Brianna Johnston said. “We don’t get mail anymore, delivered to our homes. The entire street doesn’t.” There are dozens of empty boxes […]
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Some Brooklyn residents are caught in the middle as the city battles with the U.S. Postal Service over broken mailboxes. As CBS2’s Dave Carlin reported, Mitchell Yates and many of his neighbors at 580 Stanley Ave. in the Linden Houses are not receiving delivery of their mail. It’s blamed on a […]