USPS to close a Sedgwick County post office. Kansas lawmakers are fighting it
Kansas lawmakers are urging the U.S. Postal Service to retain a post office location in Park City slated for closure.
Republican U.S. Sens. Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran and U.S. Rep. Ron Estes all signed a letter this week sent to Acting Postmaster General Doug Tulino urging USPS to retain the contract postal unit, or get a new one, in Park City. Contract postal units are usually post office locations that operate out of another business.
“Park City is currently experiencing unprecedented amounts of commercial and residential growth, and we feel that this growth should be supported with the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) presence somewhere within the city’s limits,” the letter reads.
The letter reads that Leeker’s Family Foods, the current post office contract holder, is open to renegotiating a contract that is more “financially favorable” in the eyes of USPS.
Chris Steindler, the owner of Leeker’s, told The Wichita Eagle the store recently got a letter in the mail from USPS with a 120-day notice, stating the location would be closed.
“This is a travesty for the Park City community, with the ... sheer volume that gets processed through here,” Steindler said. “If they try to force those on a small, small branch in Kechi, it’s not going to be customer service oriented, and [it would] just create a mess.”
The letter identifies Tuesday, Sept. 30 as the last day the store could operate as contract postal unit, Steindler said.
In their own letter, lawmakers say closing the location would lead to “devastating consequences” for the community as a whole.
“USPS provides critical support to communities across Kansas by supporting economic growth through the delivery of goods to businesses, medicine to disabled veterans, and ballots to local election offices,” the letter reads. “In many instances, USPS is seen as the lifeline of these very communities and a gap in services would result in devastating consequences for businesses and residents alike.”
Park City, north of Wichita, has a population of more than 9,000 people, according to U.S. Census Bureau data from 2024, and is expected to grow, according to the letter.
“We believe it would be remiss of the Postal Service to not have a presence in a city where the population is expected to exceed 12,000 in the next 5 to 10 years,” the lawmakers’ letter concludes.
Steindler said the post office has been “vital” to the city since its opening in the mid-1980s.
“The service that we provide is, I think, vital to the community,” Steindler said. “Park City does not have their own brick and mortar post office, but Park City is a big city. It’s a growing city. They need a post office, and we’ve been that for almost 40 years.”
Steindler said Wednesday he hasn’t heard an update on if any progress has been made in securing a new contract.
“I reached out to the senators to see if I could get their support in trying to save it, but I have not heard back as to if there’s been any resolution or any plan of any sort,” Steindler said.
Park City’s post office in Leeker’s Family Foods is located at 6223 North Broadway St. The closest USPS location would be Kechi’s, located 307 E. Kechi Road, about 10 minutes from Leeker’s.
This story was originally published June 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM.
