USPS: The story behind viral video of mail carrier delivering in area destroyed by wildfire

10/17/2017 Video star. You’ve probably seen the viral video that shows a Postal Service LLV driving through a Santa Rosa, CA, neighborhood destroyed by wildfire last week. The video, which was shot by drone photographer Douglas Thron, appeared on “NBC Nightly News” and dozens of news sites like People.com, which headlined its story, “Deadly California […]

USPS reducing number of blue collection boxes in Baton Rouge Louisiana

10/17/2017 BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) – The U.S. Postal Service is eliminating nearly 50 of the blue collection boxes in Baton Rouge over the next several weeks. “The drastic shift in Americans’ mailing habits has modified the need for blue collection boxes and prompted the Postal Service to be more strategic in its placement of […]

North Carolina postal worker sentenced for part in elaborate money scheme

10/17/2017 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A judge on Tuesday sentenced a man to 24 months in prison for his part in an elaborate Jamaican money scheme. (Anthony) Brown pleaded guilty in April to mail theft. Between January 2015 and January 2016, Brown would take cash in exchange for diverting certain packages. Some of those packages contained […]

GOP candidate arrested for mailing pipe bomb package that exploded and injured pregnant postal worker

A former Republican political candidate in Indiana who authored a right-wing blog was arrested this week for allegedly mailing a pipe bomb and a threatening letter containing a bullet to two of his political opponents. The pipe bomb exploded at a post office, leaving a pregnant postal worker with “cuts, abrasions and bruises to her head, legs, […]

Mail delivery stops for street after residents of one house cause problem, neighbors say

10/10/2017 NORTHGLENN, Colo. — No mail, no delivery, nothing from the U.S. Postal Service. That’s the reality for a Northglenn neighborhood after an entire street was cut off from deliveries. “We just feel stuck,” Brianna Johnston said. “We don’t get mail anymore, delivered to our homes. The entire street doesn’t.” There are dozens of empty boxes […]

Mail Carrier’s truck catches fire in Horry County South Carolina

HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) – No injuries were reported after a postal van caught fire Tuesday afternoon in Horry County. According to Horry County Fire Battalion Chief John Fowler, firefighters were dispatched at 2:20 p.m. to the 400 block of Battey Drive, which is off Holmestown Road in the Surfside Beach area, after calls came in […]

Racially charged fliers found inside Maryland post office

White Lives Matter’ fliers found inside Maryland post office CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. – Racially charged messages have been popping up throughout the D.C. area. Now, postal inspectors are looking into racist fliers that were found inside a Maryland post office. The fliers are shaped like business cards and one of them said “White Lives Matter” […]

Video: Mississippi postal carrier pepper sprays dogs while dropping off package

OXFORD, MS (WMC) – Two Oxford dogs were pepper-sprayed by a United States Postal Service worker. The whole thing was caught on camera, and now the USPS is investigating. The dogs’ owner, Holly, who doesn’t want her last name used, was horrified when she saw the video captured on her home surveillance camera showing the […]