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Houston business owner faces USPS delivery delay for 2nd time in less than 30 days
Read full article: Houston business owner faces USPS delivery delay for 2nd time in less than 30 daysJust weeks after finally receiving a $10,000 check that took over two months to arrive, Bell is now waiting on another crucial payment, this time from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
‘Beyond a joke:’ KPRC 2 viewers still dealing with ongoing postal delays share frustrations
Read full article: ‘Beyond a joke:’ KPRC 2 viewers still dealing with ongoing postal delays share frustrationsFrom lost birthday cards to cashiers’ checks stuck in limbo, the complaints are growing louder as postal service issues persist.
KPRC 2 examines USPS efficiency with real-time package tracking experiment
Read full article: KPRC 2 examines USPS efficiency with real-time package tracking experimentIn May, our Re'Chelle Turner was invited to the USPS Local Processing Center in Missouri City for an inside look at the new equipment and technology to improve mail delivery. However, in recent months, problems have resurfaced.
Houston small business owner faces major setbacks costing thousands of dollars due to ongoing mail delivery delays
Read full article: Houston small business owner faces major setbacks costing thousands of dollars due to ongoing mail delivery delaysZephra Bell, who recently launched her notary public business, shared her frustration over missing mail and inconsistent deliveries in her Southeast Houston neighborhood.
Houston area postal worker accused of stealing cash and gift cards from mail
Read full article: Houston area postal worker accused of stealing cash and gift cards from mailA 35-year-old Houston postal worker, Laura Aguirre, has admitted to stealing cash and gift cards from customers' mail, totaling at least $2,500. Aguirre faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is set for Nov. 1.
USPS South Houston Processing Center in Missouri City upgrades sorting equipment; invites Re’Chelle Turner on a tour
Read full article: USPS South Houston Processing Center in Missouri City upgrades sorting equipment; invites Re’Chelle Turner on a tourOn Thursday, The USPS invited Turner to the South Houston Local Processing Center (LPC) located at 611 Hwy. 90 A in Missouri City, TX 77489 for a tour. She will get a behind-the-scenes view of the new processing facility. It includes new technology such as high-speed sorting equipment.
Houston couple says they never received mail in-ballot; blames Postal Service for the problem
Read full article: Houston couple says they never received mail in-ballot; blames Postal Service for the problemA Houston couple says they never received their mail-in ballots and blames the Postal Service for the problem.
Post Office experiment; tracking package from San Antonio returning to Houston
Read full article: Post Office experiment; tracking package from San Antonio returning to HoustonKPRC 2 has a brand new experiment underway. Our colleagues at KSAT in San Antonio unboxed our package and they mailed it back to KPRC. Follow the return trip here.
Small business owner driving from Houston to Austin to ship packages because of ongoing delays at North Houston facility
Read full article: Small business owner driving from Houston to Austin to ship packages because of ongoing delays at North Houston facilitySmall business owner Axel Ryker showed reporter Re’Chelle Turner dozens and dozens of packages that were tracked to the facility on Aldine Bender Road.
Missing mail and package delays continue to cause problems for people in the Houston area
Read full article: Missing mail and package delays continue to cause problems for people in the Houston areaWe are still working to get answers from the United States Postal Service about missing mail and package delays from a north Houston-area processing center.
US Rep. Al Green says congressional offices should not become a complaint department for USPS
Read full article: US Rep. Al Green says congressional offices should not become a complaint department for USPSIt’s a problem all too familiar to residents who are waiting to receive mail from the United States Postal Service’s Missouri City Processing Center.
Provider of faulty computer system apologizes to hundreds affected by UK Post Office scandal
Read full article: Provider of faulty computer system apologizes to hundreds affected by UK Post Office scandalFujitsu, the company whose faulty computer accounting system resulted in the wrongful conviction of hundreds of Post Office branch managers across the U.K., has apologized to the victims for its role in the country’s biggest ever miscarriage of justice and said it was long aware that the software had bugs.
UK Post Office scandal: Parliamentary committee seeks to speed up compensation for victims
Read full article: UK Post Office scandal: Parliamentary committee seeks to speed up compensation for victimsLawmakers are trying to get to the bottom of one of Britain’s gravest injustices and are questioning bosses of the Post Office and Fujitsu.
Hundreds of UK postal workers wrongly accused of fraud will have their convictions overturned
Read full article: Hundreds of UK postal workers wrongly accused of fraud will have their convictions overturnedBritain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he will introduce measures to overturn the convictions of more than 900 post office branch managers who were wrongly accused of theft or fraud because of a faulty computer system.
Ex-UK Post Office boss gives back a royal honor amid fury over hundreds of wrongful convictions
Read full article: Ex-UK Post Office boss gives back a royal honor amid fury over hundreds of wrongful convictionsThe former head of Britain’s state-owned Post Office is handing back a royal honor in response to fury over her role in a miscarriage of justice that saw hundreds of postmasters wrongfully accused of theft.
USPS customers in Pasadena angry over long wait times after local post office shut down due to January’s tornado damage
Read full article: USPS customers in Pasadena angry over long wait times after local post office shut down due to January’s tornado damageInside his small, modest home in Pasadena, a 74-year-old United States Navy veteran is still working hard.
Pres. Joe Biden signs bill to rename southeast Houston post office in honor of Vanessa Guillén
Read full article: Pres. Joe Biden signs bill to rename southeast Houston post office in honor of Vanessa GuillénPresident Joe Biden signed a bill Thursday that will rename a southeast Houston post office in honor of beloved US Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén.
US post office in Stafford reaches one step closer to being renamed after late mayor Leonard Scarcella
Read full article: US post office in Stafford reaches one step closer to being renamed after late mayor Leonard ScarcellaA bill designed to rename one U.S. post office in Stafford to the “Leonard Scarcella Post Office Building” has recently passed in the House of Representatives.
Bill to rename southeast Houston post office in honor of Vanessa Guillén expected to pass Wednesday
Read full article: Bill to rename southeast Houston post office in honor of Vanessa Guillén expected to pass WednesdayA US Post Office could soon bear the name of beloved US Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén.
UK Post Office inquiry hears from workers wrongfully accused
Read full article: UK Post Office inquiry hears from workers wrongfully accusedA public inquiry is examining the wrongful convictions of hundreds of British postal workers who were accused of theft, fraud or false accounting because of a faulty computer system.
PHOTOS: Drooling yet? This is the historical Galveston mansion you always imagined moving into when you had $1.5M lying around
Read full article: PHOTOS: Drooling yet? This is the historical Galveston mansion you always imagined moving into when you had $1.5M lying aroundThis Galveston stunner is on the market with massive historical style.
KPRC 2 Investigates cluster mailbox mess: No mail delivery for months in one neighborhood
Read full article: KPRC 2 Investigates cluster mailbox mess: No mail delivery for months in one neighborhoodCluster mailboxes break through normal wear and tear or they're vandalized and need repair. In the past, in a lot of communities, the postal service repaired or replaced them. But now USPS is passing that burden on to customers, but they're not being very clear about it. KPRC 2 Investigates is getting answers.
Congresswoman calls for investigation into 3 Houston area post offices after reports of stolen, lost mail
Read full article: Congresswoman calls for investigation into 3 Houston area post offices after reports of stolen, lost mailCongresswoman Lizzie Fletcher is asking for an investigation into three local post offices after raising concerns about mail theft and mail service in the Houston area.
United will pay $49 million to settle air mail fraud case
Read full article: United will pay $49 million to settle air mail fraud caseFILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020 file photo, United Airlines employees work at ticket counters in Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. United Airlines will pay more than $49 million to settle criminal and civil accusations of defrauding the post office in the handling of international mail. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)(AP) – United Airlines will pay more than $49 million to avoid criminal prosecution and settle civil charges of defrauding the U.S. Chicago-based United agreed to pay nearly $17.3 million in criminal penalties and forfeited revenue to end the criminal investigation, and separately United will pay $32.2 million in related civil penalties, according to the Justice Department. United and several other U.S. airlines trace their roots to air mail delivery contracts in the early part of the last century, and mail remains a source of revenue for them.
For rural Texans, the Postal Service is a lifeline, but some say it’s been in decay for years
Read full article: For rural Texans, the Postal Service is a lifeline, but some say it’s been in decay for yearsIn rural areas where broadband internet connection is scarce, residents rely on the Postal Service to send checks, pay bills, get Social Security benefits and receive prescription medication. Places that had bad service probably still have bad service.”Across rural Texas, business owners, community leaders and farmers told The Texas Tribune that the quality of USPS service varies from post office to post office. We have no issues with the Postal Service, they are prompt and they do good service,” Plagens said. “We depend on our Postal Service, and we get taken care of by them,” Roberson said. “The Postal Service is grossly understaffed, especially in the rural areas that I represent,” Williams said.