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USPS to honor employees who are veterans

To mark Veterans Day this year, the Postal Service will honor employees who served in the military with a lapel pin and certificate of appreciation.

The items will be mailed to the home address of every employee who is known to be a veteran.

To ensure they receive their pin and certificate, employees who are veterans should go to the MyHR website to update their contact information and self-identify their military status.

Additionally, USPS managers can go to eBuyPlus to purchase water bottles and tumblers that can be distributed during local military appreciation ceremonies.

This year’s Veterans Day activities will also include a video message featuring Postmaster General David Steiner and other speakers. The video is slated for release this week on Blue, LiteBlue and Link.

Employees who have questions can email the USPS military team.

Watch the Postal Service’s holiday TV ad

A new holiday TV commercial from the Postal Service offers a nod to the organization’s 250th anniversary this year.

The 30-second ad, titled “Delivering Since 1775,” juxtaposes images of contemporary mail carriers with black-and-white archival footage of their counterparts from previous eras.

“Two hundred fifty years ago, a promise was made to connect families and friends, near and far,” a narrator says. “How we delivered has changed, but our purpose hasn’t — especially during the holidays. It’s the peace of mind knowing that your love arrives.”

The new commercial, which began airing Nov. 3, is part of a campaign that also includes mailpieces and print ads.

USPS worker pushed to ground trying to intervene in suburban immigration arrest

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (WLS) — A Ring doorbell camera captured an immigration arrest in Arlington Heights Thursday.

Federal agents got out of a van and placed landscaper Miriel Medina into custody.

But when a nearby postal worker tried to step in, agents pushed the postal carrier to the ground.

Medina’s daughter said her father is living in the U.S. without legal permission.

Medina is being held at the Broadview U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, but hasn’t been processed yet.

Neither the Department of Homeland Security nor Border Patrol immediately responded to requests for comment on Medina’s arrest.

Medina’s court date is set for Nov. 12.

A new film shows how postal inspectors brought an employee’s killer to justice

The Postal Inspection Service has released a documentary about the agency’s investigation into the tragic death of a USPS employee in 2019.

The 28-minute film, “Ambush in Andrews,” tells the story of Irene Pressley, an Andrews, SC, rural carrier who was shot and killed while delivering mail.

The Inspection Service’s investigation showed that a drug dealer killed Pressley to recover a package that contained 2 pounds of marijuana and that had been marked undeliverable.

“Protecting postal employees is our highest priority,” said Dan Mihalko, a retired postal inspector and the documentary’s director.

The documentary shows how postal inspectors used multiple tools and resources to get justice for Pressley, a beloved figure at the Andrews Post Office who was known as “Miss Irene.” Interviews with her co-workers are also included.

“An assault on a postal employee brings the whole postal family together — everyone in the Inspection Service and the Postal Service — in wanting to get those responsible. When it involves the murder of an employee, the Inspection Service puts everything we have into the investigation, and we don’t stop until we have the criminals in custody. And then, postal inspectors work tirelessly with prosecutors to get a conviction,” Mihalko said.

Mihalko and Jonathan Young, a video production specialist for the Inspection Service, worked together for two years on the film, which is the agency’s first in-house documentary.

“Ambush in Andrews” is available on YouTube and the Inspection Service’s website.

Remembering Houston postal worker killed while he was delivering mail

HOUSTON — A Northwest Harris County neighborhood is honoring a beloved postal worker who was tragically killed in a crash on Saturday while delivering mail.

The crash happened along Antoine Drive when police say a driver believed to be under the influence plowed into the back of his mail carrier.

Residents who live in the area say 58-year-old Steve Marks was more than just their mail carrier. He was part of their community.

The man accused of killing him, 45-year-old Jose Humberto Romero, remains in jail on a $250,000 bond.

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Employee shot outside U.S. Postal Service facility in Henrietta, NY

Henrietta, N.Y. — Police are looking for a suspect after a U.S. Postal Service employee was shot in the parking lot of the agency’s main Rochester facility on Jefferson Road in Henrietta early Thursday.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office responded to the facility around 12:40 a.m. for a report of a person shot.

Deputies found the victim, who had been shot by an unknown suspect who drove away before they arrived, according to Deputy David Marcucci.

The victim was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Marcucci, and was released.

As mail delays grow, one lawmaker is fighting to protect and reform the Postal Service

Guest: Rep. Nikki Budzinski (D-Ill.)
Title: Congresswoman, Illinois’ 13th District; Co-chair, Congressional Postal Service Caucus
Summary: From missed prescriptions to overworked carriers, postal service problems are piling up in communities across the country. In Central and Southern Illinois, the Postal Service is a lifeline and calls for reform are growing louder.

Grassley Discusses Oversight of Safety Measures at USPS: “Our Communities Deserve So Much Better”

I come to the floor today to speak about some information that I got from whistleblowers [for]the first time [on] September 23 last year. At that time, I spoke to my fellow senators, making public very concerning whistleblower allegations.

The whistleblower alleged to my office that the Postal Service, which is an independent government agency, had hired registered sex offenders as mail carriers.

So, I investigated to find out how bad this problem was at that agency.

To date, the Postal Service has refused to provide a list of names of registered sex offenders.

The Postal Service has provided some information about the number of sex offenders working at the Postal Service.

On July 7, 2025, the Postal Service confirmed that in 2024 the agency employed 150 registered sex offenders.

The letter said of the 150, 102 had “access to the public.”

Of the 102, 77 were mail carriers.

News even more alarming in that letter [was that] the Postal Service doesn’t track the routes used by employees who are registered sex offenders.

We don’t even know the locations where these carriers deliver their mail.

The Postal Service also doesn’t track the crimes that led to an employee’s registration on the sex offender registry.