Post Office

Allentown Morning Call US Postal Service to default on second $5B paymentWBRCFor more than a year, the Postal Service has been seeking legislation that would allow it to eliminate Saturday mail delivery and reduce its $5 billion annual payment for future retiree health benefits. Since the House failed to act, …

Illinois State Police have cancelled an alert issued after an infant was abducted from the U.S. Post Office in Toulon. More: continued here

Car crashes into post officeWLFI.comThe town marshal said a vehicle driven by Attica resident Victor Howard veered off the road for an unknown reason, side-swiped a parked truck, hit the brick wall supporting an overhang near the post office entrance, then crossed a parking lot …and more » More: continued here

Two employees at one post office are accused of stealing, in one case from a package containing medicine for a veteran. More: continued here

Village Post Office opens at Big LaurelThe Harlan Daily EnterpriseRemembering a time when post offices were located in general stores, Turner's Grocery is the first site for Harlan County, said coordinator for the Kentuckiana District Nick Walker. He said six or seven more will be opened throughout Harlan County. More: …

Allentown Morning Call Postal Service Backs Off Plan To Close Rural Post OfficesWWNY TV 7The options for a plan under consideration are: allowing customers in rural communities to choose whether their post office will remain open with shorter hours, discontinue service for box holders who would receive mail at another …

Reduced hours proposed at Enders, Champion post officesImperial RepublicanThe US Postal Service (USPS) is considering changes to retail hours at 13,000 post offices nationwide, which include the Enders and Champion Post Offices. USPS will conduct an evaluation process of the proposed reduced hours over the next two years.Local post offices …

Infant reported missing from Toulon post officeSacramento BeeTOULON, Ill. — Illinois State Police have issued an alert after an infant was abducted from the U.S. Post Office in Toulon. The Stark County Sheriff's Office says Mia Graci was taken Thursday morning. Authorities say the 3-week-old girl is white and …and …

Newborn Kidnapped From Illinois Post OfficeGather.comAn Amber Alert has been issued in Stark County, Illinois for newborn Mia Graci Thompson, who was kidnapped this morning. She was taken from the backseat of a vehicle in front of the Toulon post office. Mia is 3 weeks old, white, about 8 lbs. …

Post office employees charged with theftIronton TribuneTwo employees at the Ironton Post Office are off the job after being arrested on charges stemming from two separate incidents. According to Special Agent Scott Balfour, public information officer for the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General …Torrington Post Office investigation, prompted …