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If you’re wondering how much time you have left to send gifts from the Rockford area to wherever you have waiting recipients this holiday season, you're not alone.

Okay, you're probably getting a little nervous in anticipation of sending out holiday gifts to those people in your life that you love so much. In today's world, you want to make sure you've got all your shipping dates firmed up.

I'm sure that you phone's calendar has already chirped out a notification to let you know that next week is Mailbox Improvement Week. In case your phone forgot, I'm here to remind you.

Because of this ongoing pandemic, we're doing a lot of things differently this year than we normally do. One of those things is holiday shopping. More people started earlier, and more are shopping online.

The USPS says no experience is necessary, and training is provided.

Every second Saturday in May, letter carriers in more than 10,000 cities and towns across America participate in the NALC Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive---the largest one-day food drive in the nation.

With expectations of around 15 billion pieces of mail (including more than 900 million packages) being delivered between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve, the USPS is going 7 days a week through the holidays.

The Better Business Bureau is warning of a new scam involving fake emails supposedly from the U.S. Postal Service. Officials say scammers are disguising themselves in the hopes of accessing your personal information. The emails claim to be from the USPS and contain information about an attempted or intercepted package delivery or online postage charges ...