No tickets were issued to a woman whose van rolled over northwest of Rantoul last week, resulting in serious injuries to her.A Champaign County sheriff’s deputy’s report said Tamaria L. Lewis, 32, of Urbana, was delivering the U.S. mail in her own vehicle about 1:10 p.m. on Sept. 4 when ...

MOORHEAD – We see them coming, and wish they would hurry. What they bring is essential, personal, sometimes junk, oftentimes sacred. What they bring is news, obligation, packages of stuff we desire, and if we are lucky, love. They bring the whole of the outside world, a confirmation that our ...

As soon as Belton, SC, Rural Carrier Roxanne Nalley got out of her vehicle to deliver a package to a customer, she noticed a strong gas odor coming from the house. The homeowner told Nalley that her eyes had been burning ever since gas was delivered to her home the ...

By Ruralinfo.net You might have seen an article I posted yesterday about the Postal Service approving new larger mailbox standards.  While it will not affect boxes currently on rural routes, (unless a customer voluntarily goes to the larger box) it will NOT be good for the craft as a whole ...

Pleasant View, TN, Rural Carrier Kevin Slayden recently encountered a man who collapsed after mowing a lawn. Slayden called 911. Emergency responders took the man to a hospital, where he recovered. Source: Kevin Slayden, Pleasant View, TN | USPS News Link ...

Brandenburg, KY, Rural Carrier Gary Horton was delivering mail when he noticed a man lying on the ground near a wheelchair. The man said he was sitting in the chair when he accidently rolled off a front porch. He spent several hours on the ground before Horton arrived and helped ...

Churubusco, IN, Rural Carrier Diane Reed was delivering mail when she encountered a woman who had been locked out of her house for six hours. Reed called one of the woman’s relatives, who came over with a spare key. Once the woman was inside and safe, Reed continued on her ...

A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier was killed in a crash in western Kentucky Monday. Kentucky State Police say Paula Brown, 50, was stopped on the shoulder of US-62 outside Princeton in Caldwell County delivering mail when a Chevy Tahoe crashed into her Jeep. EMS took Brown to Caldwell County ...

Junction City, OR, Rural Carrier Sarah Olson has found fast success through slow cooking. In March, Olson released “The Magical Slow Cooker,” a collection of Crock-Pot recipes adapted from her blog of the same name. “I work full-time on my route and I have a daughter,” Olson said. “I got ...

Kernersville, NC, Rural Carrier Jon Craven was delivering mail at a house when he noticed a man lying in a field several feet away. The man, who was too weak to stand, said he had been there all night after collapsing the previous afternoon. After Craven called 911, emergency responders ...

A U.S. Postal Service worker from Hartley had to be flown by medial helicopter to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, following a two-vechile crash Wednesday morning. The collision took place at about 9:45 a.m. near the intersection of 250th Street and 100th Avenue, which is southwest of Milford. Deputies said 52-year-old ...

Hudsonville, MI, Rural Carrier Stephen Hartman took his all-terrain vehicle (ATV) out for a spin recently — and ended up helping save two lives. Hartman, his brother and two friends were riding their ATVs through a remote area on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The group was soon approached by state police ...

For more than a year, Rural Carrier Darla Kelsey devoted her personal time and expertise to single-handedly making the Belton, TX, Post Office a little more beautiful. She took the initiative to brighten the landscape for the premises, including designing new garden areas and doing the spadework. “I do it ...

This article features FLRLCA Vice President Natasha Patterson and how she helped reunite a family with their lost memories. (Way to go Natasha!)  A St. Petersburg woman stumbled across the 50-year-old pictures during a going-out-of-business sale at an area flea market six months ago. That began her mission to find ...

This case involved management requiring rural carriers, who have already been hired, to complete a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) activities without compensation. The parties agree the NACI activities which includes completing paperwork, obtaining fingerprints and the direct cost of fingerprinting, will be “on the clock.” The NACI process ...

A car chase involving an SUV and a police vehicle ended recently in front of the Doerun, GA, Post Office. A passenger from the SUV began to run away, but a police officer tackled him. The two were struggling when Rural Carrier Michael Craven ran over to help. He held ...

A Hope Hull man is thanking a postal worker for saving his life following a horrific ordeal that left him lying wounded on the floor of his house for ten days. The man was unable to get help after a terrible fall and found different ways to stay alive until his mail ...