AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) – Aurora police are searching for two men who robbed a mail carrier and stole a U.S. Postal Service delivery truck. The incident happened near East Kentucky Avenue and East Ohio Circle on Monday afternoon about 1 p.m. “There were four to five different cop cars here, interviewing people walking by. They […]
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 9, 2021)—Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy seeking a briefing on whether the Postal Service is effectively mitigating coronavirus infections across its workforce and to […]
President Joe Biden this week took what could be the first steps necessary to replace USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. In a statement on Monday, the White House explained that the president has moved to fill vacancies at the postal service’s Board of Governors, which has the power to name a new Postmaster General. “Only […]
USPS employees continue to serve the nation during the pandemic COVID-19 impacts result in record breaking 25 percent growth in holiday Shipping and Package volumes – revenue up $2.1 billion Management aggressively addressing service levels impacted by the pandemic and record package volume and service continues to improve Record number of ballots delivered – 99.89 […]
Roman Martinez IV will serve as vice chairman WASHINGTON, DC — During today’s meeting of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, Ron A. Bloom was unanimously elected by his fellow Governors to serve as the 24th chairman of the Board of Governors. The Governors also unanimously elected Roman Martinez IV to serve as vice […]
2/1/2021 WASHINGTON – After hearing firsthand from hundreds of Virginians regarding continued widespread U.S. Postal Service (USPS) delays, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) fired off a letter to the U.S. Postmaster General urging him to address the troubling delay of life-saving medicines, groceries, supplies, and much more in the midst […]
The Postal Service recently tested the ability of USPS vehicles to collect geospatial data, which can be used for electronic navigation applications and other geospatial-based technologies. During the test, the organization worked with Microsoft, which collects panoramic, three-dimensional imagery of city streets and other locations for Streetside View 360, the company’s mapping program for mobile […]
ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) — A South City resident says he couldn’t believe he was seeing an Amazon delivery driver steal a USPS package from his front step. The resident who didn’t want to be identified says he only found out that his package was stolen because a good Samaritan returned it. That neighbor found the […]
ST. LOUIS – A federal grand jury indicted 40-year-old Sherri Welch on two counts of theft or receipt of stolen mail this week. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service, with the help of the Hazelwood Police Department, arrested Welch on Thursday. According to the indictment, on or about December 28, 2020, Welch stole a package addressed […]
Yesterday, patrol was dispatched to the report of a mailman who drove his US Postal truck into a sinkhole where the road gave way at the dead end of Olive, just past the Homestead Motel. The sinkhole was approximately 6 feet wide and 5 feet deep and the result of the heavy rain. The Streets […]