HENDERSON, La. (KLFY) -- After being without a post office for over a year, the town of Henderson has a new plan in motion to bring back mail services.
Henderson Mayor Sherbin Collette said more than 100 mailboxes will be installed at the Old City Hall in the town to help with ongoing mail delivery challenges.
"I just wanted it to be fair. That's all I'm asking for. And now at least we've got mail coming in. The people in Henderson are elated -- it's the best Christmas present I could have given them," Collette said.
Henderson's post office closed its doors on Oct. 31, 2023. Since then, people have had to travel outside of town to get their mail, and some, like the elderly, have had no transportation.
"They have to drive, we have a lot of elderly people, especially in the area there is the oldest part of Henderson, and they weren't getting their mail anymore, when the post office closed, they had to drive eight miles away to Breaux Bridge," Collette said.
Collette said he has signed a contract with the postmaster in Breaux Bridge to add cluster mailboxes to the old city hall. Collette thanked Congressman Clay Higgins for speaking out on the issue with United States Post Master General Louis Dejoy to help address this problem.
"Congressman Clay Higgins, he's the one that did the fight for me, from day one, when I first contacted him and others, they put him in charge, I said fine, and we spoke frequently pertaining to that, and we finally got a solution," Collette said.
Collette said residents can expect to begin receiving mail from these mailboxes in February of 2025.
