This is not a realistic option for everyone, but authorities have issued an urgent warning to Illinois residents to stop mailing checks or to potentially suffer dire consequences.
If you haven't considered paying for services in a way that doesn't involve mailing letters, now might be the time to give it another thought. Missouri residents are being urgently warned by many experts to stop mailing checks immediately.
As the son of a former postal worker, it pains me to pass along this news, but a proposed change in Illinois by the United States Postal Service will almost certainly slow down mail in a big, big way.
I thought I knew a lot about what is permissible and what isn't when it comes to things you can send through the US Mail in Missouri. I learned there are more than a dozen things that aren't allowable that actually surprised me and maybe they will you, too.
I feel left out. I live in Missouri and have yet to find a dryer sheet in my mailbox and it appears that I am the exception. People are seriously finding dryer sheets in their mailbox as the weather warms up and I set out on a quest to find out why. This is the answer.
Here's an item movie fans will love --- the University of Chicago's admissions department recently received a package addressed to none other than Indiana Jones, who, according to lore, once attended the school as a student. Needless to say, the mysterious parcel set off a round of intense speculation. Where did it come from and who sent it?