ST JOSEPH, MO — The U.S. Postal Service today dedicated its new Horses stamps at today’s kickoff for the 164th Pony Express Re-Ride, a 10-day annual event in which riders retrace the historic route from St. Joseph, MO, to Sacramento, CA.

Chad Smith, director of engineering at Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Corporation, called the USPS truck and its memorable design “iconic.” That’s one of the reasons he’s so excited to have helped develop the department’s fleet of Next Generation Delivery Vehicles, or NGDVs, Smith emphasized.

LAINGSBURG, Mich. (WILX) - An 18-year-old is dead after a crash with a USPS mail truck near Laingsburg on Friday.

Mail service and Congressional issues are in the news every day.  Below are the latest articles I found.

Postal worker robberies and other mail thefts are becoming a daily event. These are the ones I found today.

Most Popular Postal Articles this week

U.S. Flags, the Postal Service’s latest set of stamps celebrating the Stars and Stripes, will be released on Friday, June 14 — Flag Day.

The Postal Service has released a video on Protect Sea Turtles, new stamps that highlight six endangered species that forage in U.S. waters or nest on American beaches.

Another mail truck fire, this in in the Las Vegas area. Carrier was shaken up but he was ok only a small amount of mail was lost

As recently reported in the press, Postmaster General DeJoy has announced the first step of changing course.  The Postal Service is in the early stages of eliminating the deepest of several discounts where package consolidators sort to the Destination Delivery Units (DDUs) and five-digit presort.

By preserving these centers and examining the consequences of their potential closures, we uphold the continuity of essential services, mitigate the far-reaching consequences of their elimination, and alleviate the burden on an already strained postal service.

House Republicans, typically an ally of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, are moving legislation that asks the U.S. Postal Service to reverse course on some key elements of its efforts to overhaul its operations.