RURAL CARRIER NEWS

PALMETTO, Ga. — A United States Postal Service worker died at the Palmetto mail facility, USPS confirmed with 11Alive on Monday. It’s unclear how the employee died, but USPS said that the person was a mail handler assistant at the Palmetto Processing & Distribution Center. “The Postal Service is deeply saddened...

KOUNTZE, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a fatal crash involving a U.S. Postal Service truck that happened Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 and State Highway 327 in Hardin County. On Wednesday morning, DPS identified the driver of the postal service truck...

ALLEN PARK, Mich. – A close friend of the Allen Park postal worker who died at the facility said he helped pull his friend’s body from the machine, and he also slammed the company’s “toxic” culture. Nicholas John Acker, 36, of Trenton, was was found dead in a machine at a postal...

David Steiner, who became postmaster general in July, said at the postal agency’s board of governors meeting on Friday that financial performance is USPS’ most pressing challenge. In line with past statements backing Delivering for America, he also said that he does not intend to reevaluate former PG Louis DeJoy’s plan...

In accordance with Article 9.1.A.2, effective November 15, 2025 (PP 25-2025), the basic annual salary schedule (Tables One and Two) shall be increased by an amount equal to 1.4% of the appropriate March 9, 2024, salary schedule. Further, in accordance with Article 9.1.H.2, effective November 15, 2025 (PP...

Operating revenue was $80.5 billion, a 1.2 percent increase, due largely to growth in USPS Ground Advantage and strategic price increases Net loss decreased $542 million compared to prior year while controllable loss increased by $900 million, reflecting lower than expected revenues from our package business Transportation expense...

Where and when did this happen? Firefighters told Local 4 that the discovery was made Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, at a United States Postal Service facility in Allen Park. The facility in question is the USPS Detroit Network Distribution Center. It’s a large mail processing facility with many large machines. The man...

ALLEN PARK, Mich. – An Allen Park postal worker was stuck in a machine for hours before firefighters found his body, they said. The discovery was made Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, at a United States Postal Service facility in Allen Park. Officials said the man’s wife called police to tell them that he...

Last night, the Senate took a critical step toward ending the longest government shutdown in American history, when several Democrats broke with their party and joined Republicans to pass a Continuing Resolution (CR) that, if enacted, would fund the government through January 30. In addition to keeping the government open...