Powder scare turns out to be nothing more than energy drink

RANTOUL – A powder in a post office drop box was found to be a harmless energy drink.

"It was a powdered sport drink," Susan Litterly, customer relations specialist for the U.S. Postal Service in Springfield, said today.

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