"...The indictment charges Devin Sims, Michael Williams and Teontaey Thomas with aiding and abetting each other in the robbery of mail or property of the United States and stealing keys adopted by the Post Office. Sims and Williams are also charged with brandishing a firearm during a crime and mail theft.
The three men were arrested after a joint investigation by the United States Postal Inspection Service, FBI and South Euclid Police Department...."
"City Carrier Assistant Rodrick Clayton Sr. was making deliveries recently in Hubbard, TX, when he saw a 12-year-old boy run out of a residence, screaming. Clayton rushed to..."
"The U.S. Postal Service and U.S. Postal Inspection Service provided an update on Project Safe Delivery which includes the installation of high-security blue collection boxes. Dozens of the boxes have been deployed in the Birmingham area. ..."
"SHAWNEE, Okla. (KFOR) – Shawnee community members may be looking over their shoulders now as they enter the post office, following the second attack and robbery in the last month. Some people were shocked to hear what had happened..."
"...Christine Pruitt, Vice President of the local American Postal Workers Union, decided to visit the Wichita mail distribution center after receiving endless complaints from the 250-plus workers she represents there. "I wanted to see it for myself. ...Pruitt says she found the warehouse packed with pallets of mail stacked to the ceiling, overflowing into walkways, untouched for days, sometimes weeks at a time. She says she was particularly disturbed when she heard a weird sound coming from one of the aisles. "There were live chicks in this container in the aisle," said Pruitt. "If we hold them the extra day, they die. They can't survive without being delivered.""
"The USPS Asset Accountability team is reminding Postal Service facility managers of the proper procedure for recycling wooden pallets. Stack unbroken pallets of similar sizes together, no more than 25 feet high, and store them away from buildings. Facility managers should..."
"Effective March 13, 2024 the following provision of Article 26, Section 26.3 of the 2022 National Agreement will be implemented:
Unused portions of an eligible employee’s annual allowance for uniform and work clothing will be carried over and available for use beginning twelve (12) months after the end of each anniversary year. An eligible employee’s uniform and work clothing allowance balance may not exceed the sum of two (2) years of the employee’s annual allowance entitlement. This uniform and work clothing program adjustment will be ..."
"Once a year, during the month of March (March 1-31), ALL career employees may request to be tested for Maintenance Craft eligibility ratings and placement on In-Service Registers. ...Also, during March, those career employees already on the In-Service Register have the right to submit a written request to remain on those registers and avoid the annual purge that occurs on April 1. ..."
"The mail carrier tries to defend himself, dropping his mailbag with all the mail falling out....The mail carrier said he’s OK and wants justice.
No word yet if the United States Postal Service has filed charges against the suspect. ..."
"...Daylight saving time will begin for 2024 on Sunday, March 10 at 2 a.m. local time, when our clocks will move forward an hour, part of the twice-annual time change that affects most, but not all, Americans. ..."
"...WARREN, Ohio (WOIO) - The brother of a mail carrier fatally shot inside his U.S. Postal Van over the weekend has now created a GoFundMe page to help with funeral costs.
Jonte Davis, 33, was murdered in the 600 block of Olive Ave. NE around 1:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 2.
“He was one of the nicest carriers ever met, a good man, and a father with multiple children. ..." READ MORE: Family of mail carrier murdered in Warren sets up GoFundMe page to help pay for funeral
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"...The female postal worker told responding cops the senior citizen clocked her in the head with a cane, and she retaliated. The unidentified combatants were both taken into custody following the 10:10 a.m. incident. Charges were pending, a department spokesman said late Saturday afternoon. The postal worker declined medical attention...Canal Street denizens did not know what fueled the fury, but several, like gift shop employee Kamal said they saw the elderly man sprawled out on the pavement in the aftermath. A woman selling fruit alleged the postal worker shoved the man to the ground."
"...RICHMOND, Va. -- It's another piece of the puzzle troubling people living in Central Virginia who've reported late or even stolen mail. Four different U.S. Postal Service employees that worked in the Richmond area have now been charged with either obstruction of mail or stealing mail. According to court records...The mail is said to have included financial and bank statements, as well as election-related mail."
"...fired from another car, said police in Warren, about 60 miles southeast of Cleveland. Police said they believe Davis and the suspect knew each other. ..."
"...The Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) continue to negotiate to reach a new contract but are also moving forward with preparations for a potential interest arbitration. Both parties have selected Dennis Nolan to serve as the interest arbitrator. Nolan served as..."
"In preparation for the 2025 plan year, OPM for the first time outlined clearer plans to implement the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) program in January. ...A special enrollment period beginning April 1 as well as the upcoming Open Season this fall will be the first time Postal employees and annuitants will be able to enroll in the brand-new health insurance program, mandated by the Postal Service Reform Act that President Joe Biden signed into law in 2022. ...Any FEHB carrier that wants to apply to offer plans in the PSHB program must submit their proposal of benefits and rates by May 31, OPM said. Then enrollees in the new PSHB program will begin receiving coverage on the first day of 2025."
"...Around 7 am, officers responded to reports of someone swinging a six-foot metal pipe near Inyo and O streets. Police say the suspect was uncooperative and would not drop the pipe. He then barricaded himself inside the U.S. Post Office on Kern and M streets. Two Post Office employees were inside when the man went in but stayed in a separate room away from him...."