US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Brandon G.Novak, age 42, of Yankton, appeared before US Magistrate John E.Simko on May 5, 2010, and pled guilty to one count of an indictment that charged him with five counts of Theft of Mail by a Postal Service Employee. The maximum penalty upon conviction is five years […]
82-year-old Nebraska Rural Carrier has no plans on retiring Brainard, NE, Rural Carrier Dwayne Raskey has delivered mail for 50 years without an accident. For that achievement, he has been named the recipient of the prestigious Joseph M. Kaplan USPS National Safe Driver of the Year award by the National Safety Council (NSC). Raskey was […]
National Safety Council Honors Brainard’s Dwayne “Oley”Raskey BRAINARD, NE — Rural Carrier Dwayne “Oley” Raskey, who has faithfully delivered the mail for 50 years now without an accident, has been named the recipient of the prestigious Joseph M. Kaplan USPS National Safe Driver of the Year by the National Safety Council (NSC). Raskey was among […]
From the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Nels T. Beck seeks review of the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”) sustaining the decision of the United States Postal Service (“agency”) to remove him from his position of Rural Carrier at the agency’s Waterloo, Iowa facility. Beck v. U.S. Postal Service, No. CH0752070525-I-1 […]
The National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) objected to the Postal Service’s insistence that “fletters” (Flats and Letters) be processed on flats automation equipment when they can just as easily be processed as letters. As a result, they said mail is being improperly presented to rural carriers for delivery. Former NRLCA President Gus Baffa’s Letter to […]
Submitted by ” Postal Pete ” In Hodgenville, Kentucky , local officials investigate an accident in which a rural carrier backed into a couples living room. The carrier who had delivered a parcel used the front yard to turn around and struck the accelerator instead of the brake while in reverse. Postmaster Bob Hummer stated that […]
The following is a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas: SEPT. 21, 2007 (HOUSTON, Texas) – A federal jury has convicted a former rural mail carrier for possessing stolen mail, United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced today. Diana Quinones, 49, who had worked for the United States […]
According to the description: “This is located in the ACTUAL post office office building on the OTHER side of L’enfant Plaza” in Washington, DC. Flickr Photos