Recent highlights of U.S. Postal Services decisions affecting Dayton

• Summer 2013: Dayton Processing and Distribution Center is scheduled to close and local operations transferred to Columbus.
• Feb. 6: Announces plans to eliminate Saturday mail delivery to begin the week of Aug. 5, saving about $2 billion annually.
• Feb. 2: Last day for official Dayton postmark on local mail. All mail originating out of Dayton will carry a Columbus postmark, where it is now sorted and canceled.
• May 17, 2012: Postal Services makes official that Dayton Processing and Distribution Center will close and operations shifted to Columbus.
• Feb. 23, 2012: Announces Dayton Processing and Distribution Center, at 1111 E. Fifth St. and employs about 432 workers, will be among 10 in Ohio and 140 mail centers nationwide to close as part of plan to reduce costs by $20 billion by 2015. The Dayton closure is expected to save about $7.5 million the first year, and about $7.9 million annually after that.

Read a full report about Wednesday's announcement to end some Saturday mail delivery.