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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Postal cuts are on the way. Most of the mail you see delivered on Saturday will soon become a thing of the past. The U.S. Postal Service says you can expect the big changes this Summer. The Postal Service says it's losing money and adjusting its Saturday schedule will help to save $2 billion a year. The Postal Service says fewer people are buying stamps and sending First Class mail thanks to online bill payment. Some things like mail order prescriptions, express mail and packages will be delivered on Saturdays. Customers have mixed feelings about the change.
"I approve of it," says customer Tom King. "They should do something to get a balance in their budget so they don't lose money."
"To me, the government wastes enough money," says customer Ben Kooch. "There is no need to cut mail service. I'm in business. I need Saturday mail."
The post office will maintain Saturday business hours at its branch offices and P.O. Box customers will have mail delivered on Saturday. The new Saturday schedule goes into effect in August.
"I approve of it," says customer Tom King. "They should do something to get a balance in their budget so they don't lose money."
"To me, the government wastes enough money," says customer Ben Kooch. "There is no need to cut mail service. I'm in business. I need Saturday mail."
The post office will maintain Saturday business hours at its branch offices and P.O. Box customers will have mail delivered on Saturday. The new Saturday schedule goes into effect in August.
Wednesday, February 6 2013, 10:52 PM CST
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Tishomingo County voters OK beer, alcohol sales
May 22, 2013 23:38 GMT
IUKA, Miss. (AP) -- Tishomingo County is the latest Mississippi jurisdiction to legalize alcohol sales.
Voters approved the sale of liquor, wine and beer Tuesday, reports the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/13JCcix).
It wasn't clear referendums would pass until affidavit ballots were counted Wednesday.
With more than half Tishomingo County's voters casting ballots, legalizing alcohol passed by 42 votes, while legalizing beer and light wine passed by 73. The county borders Alabama and Tennessee.
Lawmakers legalized liquor at a proposed resort at the county's Bay Springs Lake in 2010, but it wasn't built.
Greene County voters legalized beer sales last year, while Corinth, New Albany and Senatobia have legalized alcohol sales under a 2012 law that allows cities to hold votes.
Mississippi has 13 remaining counties that allow no beer or alcohol sales.
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