Video: South Carolina veteran upset about condition of flag atop post office

One Pee Dee veteran says the condition of an American flag outside of a Federally-operated building bothered him greatly and he wanted something done about it. The flag flies atop the Lake City post office. Veteran Hoyt Wood offered to give the post office a new flag, but he says the response he got from […]

Suburban Detroit Post Office tells customers mail is not deliverable to Israel

Branch Misunderstood Limited Service Delay Over Flight Ban The metropolitan Detroit regional office of the U.S. Postal Service issued a clarification to its branches after a local post office said it could not accept mail sent to Israel. A post office in Southfield, Mich., had told clients that mail was not deliverable to Israel because […]

Video: Arkansas post office with 33 customers to stay open

SEDGWICK, AR (KAIT) – With just 33 customers, the United States Postal Service says changes must come to the Sedgwick Post Office. There might be plenty of traffic that goes past the Sedgwick Post Office on Highway 63, but as for traffic volume inside, Sedgwick falls in line with many other small town post offices […]

Elwood residents put up fight about postal hours changing

ELWOOD — The plan to reduce operating hours for the Elwood Post Office was challenged by several Elwood residents Monday afternoon. The estimated 150 people filled the Gosper County Senior Center listened quietly as Todd Case of Grand Island explain why the U.S. Postal Service is struggling to balance revenues and costs. Carlton Clark, a […]

USPS: Retail Systems Software coming to more than 400 Post Offices nationwide

As part of the Postal Service’s continuing plan to replace its current retail system software, more than 400 Post Offices nationwide will receive Retail Systems Software (RSS) this summer. This upgrade — to be completed by mid-August — will set the stage for national deployment of RSS in February 2015. RSS has been tested at […]

State, US Attorney Generals investigating noose found in Worcester, MA post office

Worchester, MA – Lamar Watkins felt shocked when he went into the post office and allegedly saw a hangman’s noose hanging from the middle of a post office room. According to the NAACP, Watkins went into the post office on June 12 and spotted the noose in the employee area. He told the organization it […]

Connecticut Lawmakers applaud USPS decision not to reroute mail from Southport Post Office

MURPHY, HIMES STATEMENT ON USPS ANNOUNCEMENT TO CEASE PLANS TO REROUTE SOUTHPORT MAIL DELIVERIES WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Congressman Jim Himes (D-Conn.) released the following statement regarding the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) decision. Last week, Murphy and Himes held a community meeting with the residents of Southport to hear their […]