DES MOINES, Iowa — The holiday rush is in full swing, and right now, 13 billion pieces of mail and packages are in transit nationwide. KCCI’s Lauren Donovan reports postal workers are already working 12-hour shifts to keep up with demand. source
12/4/2019 TAMPA, Fla. – The U.S. Postal Service package processing plant in Ybor City expects to handle more holiday packages this year than ever before as deadlines approach. About half a million packages will come through the Tampa facility every day between now and Christmas. “To get everybody their packages by Christmas and under the […]
12/3/2019 Postal inspectors were alerted, and deputies helped reload the mail into the containers. SPLENDORA, Texas — Splendora police responded to reports of U.S. Mail packages scattered along multiple locations on Highway 59 northeast of Houston late Monday. Drivers first spotted the packages and crates at about 7:30 p.m. near East River Road. One witness […]
11/30/2019 The program is being tested in 65 postal codes in the US PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Residents in the Kenton neighborhood held a rally against the test program being run by the United States Postal Service. The program, called “Consolidated Casing,” is supposed to speed up mail carriers and eliminate routes. However, neighbors complained […]
11/26/2019 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A 13-year-old boy is accused of stabbing his 56-year-old grandmother to death in St. Petersburg. The St. Petersburg Police Department said an adult woman, later identified as Gloria Davis, was found dead at the home at 600th block of 60th Ave. S. just after 3:30 a.m. Monday morning. They said […]
11/29/2019 HAMDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — One Hamden mailman is giving “service with a smile” a whole new meaning. Nate Lerner said his mail carrier, Paul Good, always delivers his mail with a smile and a positive attitude, but when the holidays arrive, Good adds something else to his services: holiday-themed costumes. Lerner said Good has […]
11/28/2019 CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — ‘Tis the season for all sorts of deliveries, but one Clearwater mail carrier dropped off something Wednesday that might still surprise you: an entire Thanksgiving feast to an unsuspecting family who otherwise couldn’t afford it. Lee Mathis and his girlfriend Janet Wetherington now have lots of last-minute preps to cook […]
Tuesday’s snowstorm didn’t slow down Jose Martin and his route as a United States Postal Service Mail Carrier. DENVER (CBS4) – Temperatures were in the 20’s Tuesday and snow was piled high on sidewalks, driveways and front yards, but none of that could even slow down Jose Martin and his route as a United States Postal […]
11/26/2019 NEW YORK CITY, New York (localmemphis.com) – In Tuesday’s Ransom Note: not so fast Roxo. Roxo is the name for FedEx’s same-day delivery robot we keep bringing you stories on. The company is testing the six-wheelers in four markets, including its home city of Memphis. Recently FedEx brought Roxo to New York City for […]
11/25/2019 TOPEKA, Kan. – The United States Postal Service wants to recognize a Topeka letter carrier after he saved a toddler. USPS said Josh Bush found a toddler on a home’s doorsteps while on his route on Saturday, Nov. 23. He heard the toddler crying and didn’t see anyone attending to the child. Bush picked […]