8/29/18 ATLANTA – Zachary Adam Johnson, a former postal employee, has been arraigned on federal charges for allegedly burglarizing a post office, stealing mail, and negotiating forged checks. Johnson was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 16, 2018. “Johnson allegedly abused his position as a former postal employee to exploit the U.S. mail […]
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of time served after having served 8 months in jail, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on her conviction of Attempted Post Office Robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. Senior […]
SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. – U.S. Post Offices within Shasta County are being temporarily closed because of the ongoing threat of the “Carr Fire” burning near Redding. According to the U.S. Postal Service the closed offices are located in mandatory evacuation areas. The closed post offices include: – Shasta Lake, 4425 Front St., Shasta Lake, CA […]
PONTIAC, Mich. (WXYZ) – The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of shots fired on West Huron Street Monday evening. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found two broken front windows on the north side of the United State Postal Service. A third window remained intact but had “an obvious bullet hole in […]
6/25/2018 ST. LOUIS — A north St. Louis Post Office overgrown with weeds. Neighbors called it an insult and an eyesore that should’ve been taken care of long ago. They turned to 5 On Your Side for help and we’re getting results. The Gwen B. Giles Post Office has been at the corner of Hamilton […]
6/19/2018 ASHTON, IA — Due to excessive flooding that occurred on Friday, June 15, the Ashton, IA Post Office has been temporarily closed until repairs can be made. No employees or customers were in or near the facility at the time of the incident. Retail and Post Office Box mail operations will be temporarily relocated […]
5/19/2018 Multiple reliable sources for the past few weeks have reported that the historic U.S. Postal Service office in downtown Topeka is in the final stages of a sale. Apparently, the Postal Service has selected a buyer but hasn’t signed on the dotted line. A spokeswoman there would not confirm that, but others close to […]
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis firefighters put out a fire overnight at a post office downtown. This is not the main downtown post office, but the one on 12th Street, near the I-394 exit ramp. It’s known as the Loring Station. There’s no word on whether any mail was damaged. source
Rep. Dan Donovan (R-N.Y.) is planning to introduce legislation that will mandate that post offices of the U.S. Postal Service display photos of the president and the vice president. A draft of the legislation Donovan plans to introduce says it would require that official portraits of the president and vice president be displayed side-by-side. The proposal comes after a […]
Bishopville, SC (WLTX) – Residents in one Midland’s community is wondering when they’ll have a post office building to go to after it has been closed for over a year. A year and nearly two months has gone by and the Bishopville Post Office building has been closed. In January of 2017, a fire was […]