Postal Service to move mail processing out of Peoria and into Chicago suburbs

Postal Service to move mail processing out of Peoria and into Chicago suburbs

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- This week, officials with the U.S. Postal Service confirmed lawmakers' greatest fear -- the mail processing center in Peoria will be shuttered and its operations moved to suburban Chicago. According to an April 16 document, officials gave the "decision to proceed" on plans to shift mail sorting and processing from Peoria to Bedford Park. The move, USPS officials said in the document, will save between $1.7 and $2.2 millio…