A portrait of the nation’s first Postmaster General recently returned to USPS headquarters in Washington, DC. The 7-foot painting of Benjamin Franklin was commissioned in 1918 for PMG Albert Burleson. The artist was Benedict Anton Osnis. Continue reading A complaint made by a postal service employee may have prompted the temporary emergency closure of the Pulaski, Virginia Post Office. Continue reading From the National Association of Letter Carriers: On July 19, the House Budget Committee released and adopted its Fiscal Year 2018 budget resolution, and it also published a non-binding policy statement. Drawing inspiration from the White House budget, proposed in May, and from a 2010 presidential commission on deficit reduction, the two documents train their sights on postal and federal employee benefits and target the U.S. Postal Service for massive cuts. Continue reading YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – A mail truck caught fire after a crash along its route on Youngstown’s west side Wednesday evening. It happened just before 6 p.m. on Canfield Road by the intersection with Arden Boulevard, near Mill Creek Park. Police and witnesses said the mail truck rear-ended a pickup truck. Investigators believe the pickup’s trailer hitch may have sparked a fire in the mail truck’s engine. Source: Mail truck catches fire along route in Youngstown | WKBN.com NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Kerry Stockwell recently installed surveillance cameras to help deter crime in her Lakeview neighborhood. Now, they’re serving another purpose; helping her to prove the postal service isn’t attempting to deliver packages when they say they are. Continue reading Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANA GUITY, 30, of West Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of theft of mail matter by a U.S. postal employee. Law360, New York (July 19, 2017, 9:22 PM EDT) — The U.S. Postal Service is headed to trial on copyright claims for accidentally depicting a Las Vegas replica of the Statue of Liberty on billions of stamps, after the U.S. Court of Federal Claims refused to end the case Tuesday. Continue reading In Alpine, a federal judge sentenced 59-year-old Karl Henry Peterson to 37 months in federal prison for setting the U.S. Post Office in Alpine ablaze last year announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez, U.S. Postal Investigation Service, Houston Division. Continue reading Roanoke, VIRGINIA – A former employee of the United States Postal Service pled guilty yesterday in federal court here to stealing items from the mail, including cash, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced. Continue reading A Michigan boy was selling Kool-Aid outside his home for only 50 cents, but the mailman didn’t have any change on him when he came by. Continue reading
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Welcome home, Mr. Franklin
OSHA complaint may have led to closure of Pulaski VA post office
NALC: House committee spending blueprint targets USPS for “massive cuts”
Mail truck catches fire along route in Youngstown
New Orleans: Lakeview residents fed up with USPS
Some Lakeview residents say they’re fed up with the U.S. Postal Service. They’re turning to surveillance cameras to prove their packages aren’t being delivered on time.Connecticut Postal Clerk Pleads Guilty to Stealing Mail
USPS Must Face Trial For Lady Liberty Stamp Mix-Up
Texas man gets three years for setting PO on fire
Virginia Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Mail
Video: Mailman mails 5-year-old boy $20 for giving him free Kool-Aid from his stand
