Community helps save post office (BBC News)

YARDLEY – Despite the sporadic closings of some of the nation’s Postal Service offices, the borough council decided to renew its lease agreement with the Yardley Post Office through the year 2016. More: continued here

Bude Post Office temporarily closedMississippi News NowThe Bude Post Office has been temporarily closed after a car crashed into the building. Postal officials say a structural analysis will be completed and repairs made as soon as possible. Postal customers can go to the Meadville Post Office at 10 First … More: continued here

SAFETY SUMMARY SAVANNAH – Two men accused of robbing the U.S. Post Office in Eden in October 2009 have pleaded guilty to armed robbery in federal district court. Brian T. Bacon, 20, of Lanier, pleaded guilty Friday and Therman T. Gaines, 20, of Pembroke, on Jan. 10 before U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore…

HARDIN • Like many small towns, Hardin has no postal delivery. People in the Calhoun County town on the Illinois River, about 35 miles northwest of St. Louis, must visit the post office to retrieve their mail from rows of lockboxes. It’s not a big hardship in a place with a population of only about…

Same-day in-town mail service endsNorwood PostThe biggest clue that something has changed at the Norwood Post Office is the conspicuous absence of the the in-town mail slot. Actually, the slot is still there. What's missing is the sign demarcating the space as the receptacle for all local …Hard questions confront USPS on its futureLexington Dispatchall…

Man who left loaded gun at Woodstock post office was a McHenry County judgeNorthwest HeraldWOODSTOCK – The man who dropped his loaded handgun at the Woodstock post office in February was a McHenry County associate judge, according to a police report obtained by the Northwest Herald. In February, a customer at the U.S. post office…