VIENNA, N.Y. – No injuries were reported after an SUV and a United States Postal Service truck collided on Route 49 in Vienna Friday afternoon. Continue reading
Mail truck in shambles after Vienna NY crash
Top postalnews.com stories of the week October 13-19
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- USPS announces retirement of Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan
- 2020 COLA Fails to Keep Pace with Rising Costs for Federal Government Retirees, Social Security Recipients
- North Dakota mail carriers endure cold, snow to guarantee deliveries
- Postal Carrier Refuses To Deliver Man’s Mail Because Of Noose Halloween Decoration
- Two New Jersey Men Sentenced to Prison for Bribing Mail Carriers to Steal Credit Cards
- South Carolina mail carrier caught on camera tossing package
- St. Louis window clerk pleads guilty to aiding in robbery of post office
- Tulsa Woman Indicted for Mail Theft
- Accomplice to Robbery of United States Postal Letter Carrier Convicted
- UPS and FedEx peak season delivery charges ‘have more lasting bite this year’
Accomplice to Robbery of United States Postal Letter Carrier Convicted
Memphis, TN – After a federal jury trial, Wendy Thomas, 39, has been convicted for robbery of mail, money or other property of the United States and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty verdict today. Continue reading
South Carolina mail carrier caught on camera tossing package
SOCASTEE, SC (WBTW) – A Socastee neighborhood is frustrated with a USPS mail carrier’s on-going behavior of tossing packages. Continue reading
Postal Carrier Refuses To Deliver Man’s Mail Because Of Noose Halloween Decoration
BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — The postal service and a Long Island homeowner are in a standoff over a Halloween decoration.
Richard Beatty has been decorating his Brentwood house for years with homemade Halloween decor, including makeshift gallows and a noose with a skeleton hanging from it. On several occasions, the noose has just been swinging empty. Continue reading
St. Louis window clerk pleads guilty to aiding in robbery of post office
St. Louis, MO –Arielle Steed, 27, of St. Louis, MO, pleaded guilty to one felony charge of aiding and abetting the robbery of a United States Postal employee. Steed appeared in federal court today before United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry who accepted her plea and set her sentencing date for March 6, 2020. Continue reading
Tulsa Woman Indicted for Mail Theft
A federal grand jury returned an indictment in early October charging a Tulsa woman with stealing mail and destroying post office boxes at a U.S. Post Office station located in south Tulsa, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. Continue reading
USPS announces retirement of Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan
WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service today announced that Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer, is retiring effective Jan. 31, 2020. Continue reading
Two New Jersey Men Sentenced to Prison for Bribing Mail Carriers to Steal Credit Cards
NEWARK, N.J. – Two New Jersey men were sentenced today to prison terms for their roles in a scheme to bribe mail carriers to steal credit cards from the mail, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Continue reading
2020 COLA Fails to Keep Pace with Rising Costs for Federal Government Retirees, Social Security Recipients
October 10, 2019
Alexandria, Va. – In response to the 2020 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for federal retirement annuities and Social Security benefits announced today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, NARFE National President Ken Thomas issued the following statement: Continue reading
