Mogadore, OH, Rural Carrier Debra Goeden was delivering mail recently when she saw a woman lying in a breezeway. The injured woman had fallen almost an hour earlier. The woman declined medical attention, so Goeden helped her home. A neighbor arrived to care for her. Source: Mogadore, OH, Rural Carrier Debra ...

BERNARD, Iowa — A rural mail carrier was injured after her SUV entered a ditch and flipped Tuesday, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department. Tonya Waller, 43, of Bernard, was taken by ambulance to UnityPoint Health-Finley Hospital in Dubuque with minor injuries, according to Deputy Russ Long. The deputy ...

What an amazing escort to rest.Decarlo Allen worked for the PO in Lithonia, GA since 2005. He was fatally injured on the route when a tree fell onto his LLV on January 24th. Posted by Ruralinfo.net on Sunday, January 31, 2016 ...

Bigfork, MT, Rural Carrier Cay Reynolds was approaching the last mailbox on her route during a recent snow storm when she noticed a woman lying on the road. The woman was soaking wet and appeared to be in great pain. Her dog was nearby. Reynolds wrapped her coat around the ...

The redesign project cranked into high gear early in 2014 when several new high-profile projects were initiated by the Standards Panel consisting of NRLCA Representative, Ken Mericle, USPS Representative, Don Ratliff and the Neutral Chair, Louis Martin-Vega. The Panel has been working closely with IIE Solutions, a team of industrial ...

Osmond, NE, Rural Carrier Valerie Hoffman was delivering mail recently when she saw smoke coming from grass near a bean field. Hoffman ran to the fire and stomped it out. The farmer thanked Hoffman and said the fire may have been caused by a spark when he moved harvesting equipment ...

DeKalb County fire Capt. Eric Jackson said Allen’s vehicle careened off the road, down a short hillside and into another tree. The impact from the falling tree likely caused the postal worker’s death, Jackson said. Wind likely contributed to knocking the tree down, Jackson said, but the snow and ice ...

A postal worker was killed Saturday after a tree fell onto his vehicle at a DeKalb County golf course. DeKalb County fire Capt. Eric Jackson said the male postal worker was driving on the premises of Lithonia’s Mystery Valley Golf Club when, around 12:30 p.m., a tree “that appeared to ...

It was an everyday action that could have ended in tragedy if it wasn’t for the intervention of Fairland, IN Rural Carrier Michael Short. Brian Booth heard a noise coming from the exhaust of his Dodge Caravan, so he got his car jack and slid under the vehicle. Suddenly, the ...

Handbook PO-603 Revision: Data Collection Devices Effective January 21, 2016, the Postal Service™ is revising Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities, to update procedures for data collection devices in Chapters 2, 3, and 4. Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities 2 Office Work of Rural Carriers 24 Undeliverable-as-Addressed ...

Elkhorn, WI, Rural Carrier Patrick Dolan was delivering mail recently when he saw a man lying in a driveway. The man had been there for more than 30 minutes after he fell and injured himself. Dolan called 911 and stayed with him until help arrived. Source: Patrick Dolan, Elkhorn, WI ...

Guttenberg, IA, Rural Carrier David Kann was delivering mail recently when he noticed an unattended pile of leaves burning in front of a house. Winds had swept some of the burning leaves onto the building. Kann notified the homeowner, and together they put out the fire. Source: David Kann, Guttenberg, ...

Nashville, NC, Rural Carrier Lakisha Powell was recently delivering a package to a man when he suddenly became dizzy and started to fall. Powell caught him and helped him sit down. The man declined Powell’s offer to call 911 but asked her to alert his wife, who was inside his ...

Chandler, OK, Rural Carrier Vera Jean Smothers was delivering mail recently when she saw a man lying in a front yard. She helped the injured man back into his house, called 911 and stayed until help arrived. Source: Vera Jean Smothers, Chandler, OK | USPS News Link ...

Lometa, TX, Rural Carrier Robert “Bobby” Odom was driving to work recently when he saw a Ford Bronco swerve, flip and roll three times before resting on its roof. “The Bronco crossed right in front of me. I was very lucky it didn’t slam into my vehicle,” he said. Odom ...

An Oglethorpe County mail carrier’s vehicle was swept away by a flooding creek during this week’s torrential rains, but the man was rescued by volunteers and public safety workers after a scary two hours trapped inside as flood waters roared around him. The postal worker’s Jeep Wrangler tumbled about half ...

Freeport, IL, Rural Carrier Justin Moore was delivering mail recently when he noticed a man on the roof of a house. The man told Moore that his ladder fell. Moore found the ladder, placed it against the house and helped the man climb down. Source: Justin Moore, Freeport, IL | ...