USPS Studying Columbia Center

COLUMBIA (AP) – The U.S. Postal Service is looking into moving some or all operations at the Columbia mail processing center to facilities in St. Louis and Kansas City. A study of how consolidation would affect service could take four to six months.The Postal Service announced in August that the mail-processing services in Quincy, Ill., would be split between Columbia and Springfield, Ill. The move brought 29 positions to the central Missouri facility.District Manager David Martin said in a statement that the Postal Service has more facilities, equipment and people than it needs to process a declining volume of mail.Postal officials say it’s unknown how many employees would be affected if the Columbia processing operations move