Rural Carrier Hero: Joanna Palmer, Geneva, NY
Rural Carrier Joanna Palmer was recently delivering mail in Geneva, NY, when she came upon a troubling sight: a customer beating his dog. Suspecting that the dog was badly injured, Palmer confronted the man and offered to help with the dog, but he declined. After she left the location, Palmer ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Kristina Chase, Belmont, MI
A rural carrier’s usual stop for fuel took an unusual twist recently. Kristina Chase of Belmont, MI, wondered why K-9 units were at the gas station. She soon learned that a search was underway for a missing 10-year-old boy. After she fueled up, bought water and got a description of ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Alicia Stitely, Greencastle, PA
It was near the end of her day recently in Greencastle, PA, when Rural Carrier Alicia Stitely picked up on trouble. A disabled customer had fallen while planting tomatoes in warm weather. Stitely rushed to the woman’s side and found her in great distress. Stitely stayed with her for 20 ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Kim Rodrigues, Hudson, NH
Kim Rodrigues was used to exchanging a “hello” or a wave with a favorite customer whenever she delivered his mail. But that didn’t happen one day recently when she saw him motionless on his lawn mower. The Hudson, NH, rural carrier instantly knew something was wrong. Rodrigues approached the man and ...
Bill to rename Coldspring post office in honor of slain rural carrier backed by TX congressional delegation
Plans to rename the Coldspring post office in memory of a slain postal carrier have taken another step forward. On Aug. 8, U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (TX-08) came to the post office to deliver news on the progress for renaming the facility in memory of Eddie Marie Youngblood. Youngblood was ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Lisa Wolfgang, Hegins, PA
On a harsh winter day this year, Hegins, PA, Rural Carrier Lisa Wolfgang saw a customer in distress on a front porch. She offered to help the elderly woman, who had locked herself out and wasn’t wearing a coat. The woman knew that the back door was open, but she ...
Amazon Fresh “Customized Delivery” information for rural carriers
Re: Amazon Fresh “Customized Delivery” The NRLCA is aware that the Postal Service is expanding the Amazon Fresh test which is also known as “Customized Delivery”. The parties have discussed this process of rural carriers delivering groceries and the work functions around that. The parties have agreed at this time, ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Walter Wilson, Strawberry Plains, TN
A customer survived a recent fall from her porch and a serious leg injury, thanks to the quick response and military training of Strawberry Plains, TN, Rural Carrier Walter Wilson. He saw the woman fall and rushed to her aid. Wilson applied a tourniquet to slow the profuse bleeding and ...
Rural Carrier to carry torch in state race
Windfall, IN, Rural Carrier Angela Kemper-Grimes will be one of 2,200 Hoosiers who’ll carry a torch during a special relay run this fall to honor Indiana’s 200th anniversary. Each runner will pass the torch along a 3,200-mile route that runs through each of the state’s 92 counties. “I’ve grown up ...
Some mail saved from rural letter carrier’s charred Jeep
A fire that engulfed mail carrier Pat Ash’s Jeep Wrangler last week also destroyed some but not all of the mail inside. Marion firefighter Jim Davis discovered the mail. “It wasn’t until the fire was out that we realized there was still mail inside” Davis said. “I’m sure some of ...
Brief update on the Rural Carrier engineer study
The engineers have turned their attention to the three follow-up activities. Activities will continue over the next several months. Engineering panel will be completing work on the amount of personal fatigue and delay allowance time to be included in the standards. Work on the engineered standards is near completion Most ...
Rep. Brady sponsors bill to have Coldspring post office renamed for slain postal rural carrier
The family of Eddie Marie Youngblood, the Coldspring postal worker who was gunned down on May 17, 2013 while delivering mail, is still awaiting justice. The trial of the man accused of killing her, James Wayne Ham, has been delayed numerous times as the federal court system works through all ...
Illinois Rural Letter Carriers Assoc. goes to The Hill
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representatives of the Illinois Rural Letter Carriers’ Association went to Washington, D.C., near the end of May to meet with legislators from Illinois. According to Larry Pratt of Macomb, past president of the ILRLCA, he and President Lisa Grubar met with Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap). At the ...
‘Rural delivery’ postal routes causing concern among residents
BEXAR COUNTY, Texas -- When you think of mail delivery, you expect to see a postal worker in a uniform and that familiar postal truck, but KENS5 is learning mail is being delivered by postal workers who drive their personal cars and dress in regular clothes. Source: 'Rural delivery' postal ...
Rural mail carrier becomes pro fisherman
SELMER, Tenn. -- Fishing from the time he was a little boy has led a former Selmer man into becoming a pro fisherman in addition to his regular job as a rural route postal carrier. Keith Amerson has been on the pro fishing tour for three years. Source: Daily Corinthian ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Corey Shaw, Vacaville, CA
No one heard a 90-year-old woman’s cries for help until Vacaville, CA, Rural Carrier Corey Shaw delivered her mail and got her the assistance she needed after a recent fall. Shaw called 911 and contacted a neighbor, staying on the scene until emergency responders could enter the home and take ...
Rural mail route carrier brings surprises
When Kristi Hanna graduated from Northwest Missouri State University and began teaching first grade in Iowa, she never thought she’d return to Maryville, and she never thought she’d transition from teaching children to delivering mail for the United States Postal Service. Hanna taught full-time until she had her children, and ...