Post office removes photos of namesake

Kim Kerns, manager of post office operations for the U.S. Postal Service, shares on Thursday the agency’s decision to allow the Webbers Falls Post Office to remain open with reduced hours as townsfolk rally outside the facility. More: continued here

CEDAR PARK, Texas — A Central Texas post office is being renamed for a local hometown hero. The post office at 500 East Whitestone Boulevard in Cedar Park was renamed for Army Specialist Matthew Troy Morris. The Cedar Park soldier was killed in Iraq in April 2008.     More: continued here

WANE Badger enters new frontier at downtown post officeMilwaukee Journal SentinelA badger hides under a locker at the US Postal Service vehicle maintenance facility next to the main Milwaukee post office downtown. …Badger Makes Surprise Visit to Milwaukee Post OfficeWTAQBadger surprises WI post office workersProvidence Eyewitness NewsBadger finds its way into the downtown Milwaukee post…

An effort to honor a Mountain View soldier killed in the Iraq war is moving forward after picking up the city council's endorsement. More: continued here

Bluffs woman, 86, hit by minivan near post officeOmaha World-HeraldPolice reports indicated Tweedy was eastbound on the south side of the street when a 2003 Dodge Caravan driven by Joseph Sliva, 44, of La Vista tried to leave the parking lot of the U.S. Post Office at 8 S. Sixth St. Tweedy told police she…

Editorial: Banking on the neighborhood post officeEnterprise News (blog)Congress replaced the old Post Office Department with the U.S. Postal Service with the intention that the USPS would be self-sustaining and unsubsidized. It was time, Congress said, for the Postal Service to be run like a business, at least until it …Financial Services Could Net the…