Category: UPS News

The rejection of the contract means both sides will return to negotiations, which had been going on for years.

Approximately 364 of the guns stolen from an UPS facility in Memphis have been recovered in route to Chicago.

According to a federal criminal complaint, the UPS facility received a shipment from the Ruger factory in North Carolina on September 28. The 16 pallets of firearms were scheduled to leave two days later for Dallas, Texas.

“We are concerned that the firearms will end up on the streets not only potentially in the Memphis area, but also across the country,” said an ATF spokesman.

About 400 guns have been stolen from a United Parcel Service facility in Memphis, Tennessee, and authorities are concerned about the theft’s potential effect on public safety in this city and elsewhere.

Two people driving a U-Haul truck stole the weapons from a UPS facility in Memphis on Sunday, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Monday. The agency is asking for the public’s help in the case: It offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

A UPS driver discovered a human body in Bradenton while making a delivery Friday, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.

Detectives said the delivery driver was on 13th Avenue East when he saw what appeared to be a body in the grass where the road came to a dead end. Investigators believe the deceased, a white female, died elsewhere and was then dumped. The death investigation has been characterized as “suspicious.”

Atlanta-based United Parcel Service Inc. is considering expanding its Supply Chain Solutions campus in Louisville.

Earlier today in Frankfort, the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, or KEDFA, gave preliminary approval for $1.35 million in tax incentives for the company. The incentives were given based on the company’s plan to invest $3.8 million and create 135 jobs at Supply Chain Solutions.

Supply Chain Solutions is UPS’s warehousing and distribution arm, which allows customers to lease space for warehousing, cold storage and other services at UPS facilities. The company has more than 10 buildings on Outer Loop where it offers these services.