"...Charles Jahnke, another resident, echoed these concerns.
"I've got bills that I know should be in my mailbox right now that I'm going to have to run up to the Huntsville utilities to pay my bill, I don't even know what it is yet," Jahnke said. ..."
"...“We’re trying to bring the service standards back to where it needs to be so the public won’t have to come in and wait... and can get their mail in a reasonable time like we used to do it,” said Shelton Thomas, President of the Alabama Postal Workers Union.
The event was a one-day rally, not a strike by postal workers. ...
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"HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - In South Huntsville, neighbors are on high alert after an opportunistic thief has been making off with items inside their mailboxes. ...he has video footage of the thief in a car driving away from a mail theft at his parent’s home..."
"...MADISON COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — The United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) is investigating break-ins at collection boxes in Huntsville and Madison. ...If you are a victim of mail theft, USPIS encourages you to report it to local police and the Postal Inspection Service by calling our hotline at 877-876-2455 or visiting its website. "
Huntsville, Alabama - A FedEx employee is caught on a Ring video setting a safe and quality example of how to deliver mail packages.
A Madison County resident says his Ring surveillance camera captured a FedEx employee sprinting to his porch to deliver a package. "Not only did the FedEx driver deliver the package quickly, but the courier carefully placed the package on the porch. The person was so quick they would not have even known there was a camera filming the delivery. The courier returned to the vehicle as quickly as they had approached the house and then carefully drove off to the next delivery. I was very impressed with the work ethic of this individual. Great job!"
"...we’ve had boxes taken from our house and found in our neighbor’s yard. Fortunately they left the items in the box. Then later our mail was taken out of the mailbox and two packages taken off our front porch.”..."
"...Postal workers voiced their concerns at Wednesday night's meeting. Postal worker and Huntsville resident Ray Dunavant said if the measure passes, Huntsville will lose its historic postmark; something that Dunavant says is an emblem of a community.
Dunavant also worried about medications being sent without an overnight delivery option.
"Basically it will be slowed where you will not have your next day delivery for first class mail in particular. This again, will have an impact on medication as far as diabetics...where mail is delivered in cool packs. Medication may end up melting and the medication may not end up being good," said Dunavant.
The Postal Service will ..."
"...Huntsville resident Ray Dunavant said if the measure passes, Huntsville will lose its historic postmark; something that Dunavant says..."
"...the closings would also slow the delivery of first-class mail. The cuts would close 252 of the nation's 461 mail processing centers beginning next spring. ..."
"...The FBI determined that a suspicious white powder found in an envelope in the federal courthouse on Holmes Avenue was not dangerous...."
"...worked at contract unit in Huntsville, was indicted on a charge of theft of Postal Service funds exceeding $1,000, from Jan. 24, 2008, to Sept. 30, 2009, the U.S. Attorney's Office said...."
"...The following locations will guarantee an April 15th postmark on mail dropped in the lobby drops or the blue collection boxes in the parking lots until midnight Wednesday..."