This grievance concerns management requiring rural carriers to only disengage the shoulder belt when the vehicle is stopped and then must reengage the shoulder belt prior to moving the vehicle. The parties agree rural carriers are not expected to continually unfasten and fasten the shoulder belt when traveling between mailboxes ...

Alma, IL, Rural Carrier Larry Shanafelt was delivering mail when he saw a man crawling toward a trailer. The man, who is deaf, had been struggling for several hours to get inside after slipping on ice. Shanafelt reassured the man in sign language, covered him with blankets and called 911 ...

Kinmundy, IL, Rural Carrier Renne Pokojski was delivering a package to a house when she heard a woman inside calling for help. Pokojski entered and found the woman bleeding, bruised and lying at the bottom of the basement stairs. The woman said she was carrying glass candleholders when she fell ...

USPS says the MOU-(DPS-Flats-Vehicle-8-11-2014) to allow routes with USPS provided vehicles to case DPS flats is terminated.  They claim they have fulfilled their obligation to put 15000 RHD Employer provided vehicles on rural routes and they will instruct carriers with Employer provided vehicles to cease casing and strapping out DPS flats on ...

Asheville, NC, Rural Carrier Tracy Siler became concerned when she noticed a customer hadn’t retrieved his mail for a few days. She knocked on his door and heard noises inside but no one answered. Siler, suspecting the customer needed help, called the local police department. Officers entered the home and ...

James Hinkle, Sherrard, IL Sherrard, IL, Rural Carrier James Hinkle was on his route when he saw a house on fire. He called 911 and ran to the house to alert the residents, who escaped unharmed. Firefighters arrived and put out the blaze. Pamela Mullen, Ashmore, IL Ashmore, IL, Rural ...

The Postal Service notified the NRLCA recently about new texting functionality on the new scanners Mobile Delivery Devices (MDD). Prior to the NRLCA having the opportunity to discuss several issues related to this new feature, the Postal Service implemented the texting functionality to the field. The NRLCA had an initial ...

What some might struggle to do with two legs, Anita Fee can do with one. Working with the U.S. Post Office in the north part of Okaloosa County for nearly 14 years, Fee has been stationed in various positions, but her favorite has been mail carrier. After years of filling ...

Virden, IL, Rural Carrier James Walch became concerned when he noticed a customer hadn’t collected mail in several days. He knocked on the front door of the house, heard a faint response and entered. He found a man lying on the floor unable to reach his oxygen mask. Walch placed ...

Meadville, PA, Rural Carrier Susan Hindle was on her route when she came upon a woman lying on an icy driveway. She had slipped and injured herself. Hindle called 911 and stayed with the woman until help arrived. She later learned the woman broke her leg. via USPS News Link ...

A rural route mail carrier was killed in a two-vehicle wreck near Union Valley Tuesday morning. The wreck occurred at 8:56 a.m. at the intersection of state Highway 3 and County Road 3610. Debra Godbey, 59, of Ada was delivering mail in her vehicle and driving south on CR 3610 ...

Greenfield, IN, Rural Carrier Melinda Thompson was on her route recently when she spotted a burning shed and ran over to see if anyone needed help. “I know that this particular home, they have a few dogs,” Thompson told the Daily Reporter newspaper. “I thought, ‘I just gotta check, just ...

Sharyl Mataya, Hinckley, IL Hinckley, IL, Rural Carrier Sharyl Mataya became concerned when she noticed a customer hadn’t collected mail in several days. The lights were on in the house, but the woman’s car hadn’t been moved. Mataya and Postmaster David Carvelli called the police, who found the customer had ...

Sperryville, VA, Rural Carrier Chasiti Foster was delivering mail when she encountered a man lying on his front porch. He said he had fallen and was unable to move. Foster called 911 and stayed with him until emergency responders arrived. via USPS News Link - Heroes Corner Archive - February ...

Henderson, TN, Rural Carrier Randy Cunningham always delivers for his customers. Sometimes, he delivers the customers themselves. Cunningham was on his route recently when he spotted a man collapse in front of his house. Cunningham rushed to the man’s side, picked him up, carried him inside and put him in ...

Sometimes heroism requires persistence — as Trenton, TX, Rural Carrier Bobby Stegman learned recently. Stegman was on his route when he noticed a home’s roof was burning. He raced to the front door and told the occupants their house was on fire, but they didn’t believe him. Family members thought ...

Bristolville, OH, Rural Carrier Cara McIntosh doesn’t just move the mail. She also feels a duty to the community she serves. McIntosh was recently on her route when she saw a man removing appliances from an unoccupied house and loading them onto a truck. McIntosh wrote down the license number ...