July 15, 2024, Press Release from the United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of Ohio: TOLEDO, Ohio – Michael Bush, 22, of Toledo, …

TOLEDO, OH (WLIO) - Three Lima men are facing federal charges for robbing a postal employee last fall. 25-year-old Christian Proby, 25-year-ol…

May 22, 2024, Press Release from the office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost: (COSHOCTON, Ohio) — A Chinese citizen linked to a major gift-card counterfeiting operation that targeted Coshocton-area consumers has been sentenced to four to six years in prison for engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today. Ming Xue, 32, of Hunan, in the Fujian Province, also faced 308 felony counts of counterfeiting, but those charges were combined with the single charge for which Xue was sentenced recently in Coshocton County Common Pleas Court.

Many will be mailing their last-minute items to reach their destinations before the Christmas holiday. The postal service is expecting every post office across the country to be busy and is preparing for a massive rush of mail. The United States Postal Service also wants to remind you to ensure that you package your items properly to avoid a holiday disaster

Positions available are: city carrier assistants, rural carrier associates, postal support employees, mailhandler assistants, and tractor trailer operators. These positions perform mail handling, mail processing, driving, mail delivery or a combination of such duties, as required. Starting salary is between $16.87 and $23.74 per hour. A Class (A) commercial drivers license (CDL) is required for tractor trailer operator positions.

If you haven't sent out your packages yet, there's still some time to have them delivered by Christmas. Van Wert Postmaster Jessica Chavarria says that the deadline for First Class Mail is December 18th, and for Priority Mail, it's the 19th. But there's one more option if you're unable to send something out until the very last minute.

Board of Elections offices across the state of Ohio are open until 9 PM in order to get the last wave of voters registered in time. Allen County voters can also check their registration information online using the "Check My Registration Link" on the board of elections website. Residents can also visit voteohio.gov to register or change their address online. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has also issued a new directive on additional options to return absentee ballots. The directive allows voters more ways to return a ballot for the upcoming general election.

Due to added precautions from the pandemic, the Allen County Board of Elections is asking for much needed poll workers. Each polling location requires four workers, two from each party. Anybody is encouraged to apply, as long as they’re 17 years old.

The post office reported a $4.5 billion loss in revenue for the first three months of this year, before the coronavirus really hit the United States. After the outbreak, those numbers went up and they expect to have losses of around $22 billion over the next 18 months. The new postmaster general, who took over in June, says he has a plan to help make the centuries-old agency solvent, but that could affect mail delivery.