Workers retrieved mail on Monday that had been trapped in P.O. boxes at the Franklin Post Office since the August earthquake six weeks ago. Initially, the Postal Service thought the quake had contaminated the mail with asbestos dust when it shook the 1930s building, cracking walls, windows and interior spaces.
RACINE –Nicole Gossett didn’t get much sleep the other night. “It shook my house,” Gossett said. “I was scared, i didn’t know what it was.” Just after midnight early Monday morning, an explosion outside her home on Southwood Drive startled Gossett out of bed. The mother of three checked on her boys and ran outside. “First, […]
(KUTV) Post Master General Patrick R. Donahoe stopped by the studio to talk about the future of mail and how Utah will play its part. The future of the Postal Service, including innovations like 7-day package delivery, and Legislative Reform that is necessary to fully meet Utahns, and All Americans, evolving mailing and shipping needs.
TRAVELERS REST, S.C. – A postal worker managed to save all of the mail from her burning delivery vehicle on Thursday morning. When they arrived on scene, a Jeep used to deliver mail was engulfed in flames, according to Tigerville Fire Chief Russell Ledford. The vehicle appeared to be a total loss, but the driver […]
COLUMBUS (Tara Morgan) — An investigation is underway after families in one neighborhood found their mail ripped open and strewn all over the place. It happened in the Edgewater neighborhood near Hilliard. The post office fielded nearly a dozen calls Friday about mailboxes wide open and letters ripped up on the ground. “I believe it’s […]
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – The Marines of the Camp Leatherneck post office are few in number but have been working hard during the five months they have been deployed. Ensuring mail is delivered and picked up from all service members and civilians working in Regional Command (Southwest), the Marines of the post office make postal […]
Georgetown’s Troy Davis was arrested after twelve pounds of marijuana were shipped through this post office to his home on Towson Way.
NORTH PARK — The U.S. Postal Service says it is investigating how hundreds of pieces of mail ended up in the trash last week. “The whole neighborhood’s mail was in the dumpster,” including scores of city sticker renewal notices and “a lot of private mail,” said Samuel Tenenbaum of the 60659 ZIP code, who made […]
DENVER — A semi carrying U.S. mail rolled over near E. 56th Avenue and Quebec Street in Denver Monday. Nobody was hurt but it took postal workers awhile to collect the mail the fell out of the truck. Crews eventually pulled the truck upright and cleared the scene. Denver Police dispatch says the truck rolled […]
HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) — Several pallets of United States mail fell off a truck in Hollywood overnight. The Los Angeles Police Department received a call just before 3 a.m. about a mail truck driving along Hollywood Boulevard with its doors open. Officers responded to the scene and guarded the six mail pallets until postal workers arrived. […]