Every year, workers at the Postal Service and UPS expect to work long hours between Thanksgiving and Christmas. “This is like our Super Bowl,” said Kimberly Karol, president of the Iowa Postal Workers (APWU). “Employees really do rally together.” But this year has been like no other. Workers were still catching their breath from last […]
11/17/2020 TAYLOR COUNTY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – A new sight on the streets of Tuscola is causing quite a stir online – the undertaker is delivering the mail. Well, her name is Jenna and she works for the U.S. Postal Service, not a funeral parlor, but locals in Tuscola can still catch her driving a hearse […]
Please read and follow the instructions below and in the attached Stand-Up Talk that you should be receiving today. Your safety is important as we continue to deliver on our essential mission for the American people. To reduce health risks, USPS is temporarily modifying customer signature capture procedures for the MDD sign-on-glass feature, PS Form […]
1/16/2020 The woman was delivering mail along Highway 35 North when she was shot. JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Attala County’s sheriff said a man shot a rural postal worker in the head Thursday. Sheriff Tim Nail said the man first tried to kidnap a woman from the Sunflower Grocery Store near Kosciusko, but that woman […]
From WREG News Channel report in 2016: POPE, Miss. — A woman was shot and killed Friday afternoon in Panola County in a murder-suicide, officials said. It happened on Enid Shores Road around 3 p.m., according to the coroner. The coroner identified Pamela Williams, 54, as the victim and said the man who shot her […]
Sheila Rackley, 55, had been a Rural Carrier since 2008 GUN PLAIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Allegan County authorities are looking into whether drowsy driving may have caused the fiery crash that claimed the life of a mail carrier. The crash that killed 55-year-old Sheila Rackley of the Martin area happened early Monday afternoon on […]
The National Rural Letter Carriers (NRLCA) and USPS have agreed to allow regular rural carriers to volunteer for Sunday work during the Christmas period: MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE AND THE NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS’ ASSOCIATION In order to fulfill our service commitments to our customers during the 2019 holiday […]
October 23, 2019 KINGSTREE, S.C. (WCIV) — More than a dozen family members of a United States Postal Service worker murdered in September attended an emotional hearing at Williamsburg County Bond Court on Wedesday. A judge denied bond for the second suspect charged in Irene Pressley’s murder, and family members said Pressley and the suspect […]
October 8, 2019 Jeep is putting a stop delivery on certain Wranglers used for certain purposes. On Monday, parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced a recall of the rare right-hand-drive (RHD) Jeep Wrangler used for postal delivery in rural parts of the U.S. The issue is a faulty belt buckle on the driver’s seat, which […]
The United States Postal Service is now accepting applications for Rural Carrier Associate (RCA) positions for the Midland and Odessa areas. The Postal Service has immediate openings available for this position and plans to fill them quickly. The salary for this position is $21.34/hour, paid bi-weekly. The RCA position is a career path position with […]