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Journal Star, 8 Aug 2026

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The Journal Star is the primary daily newspaper serving Peoria, Illinois and the surrounding central Illinois region. It’s well-known for providing comprehensive local news, sports, business and community coverage. Founded in 1855 as the Peoria Daily Transcript, it has since evolved into the Journal Star and is one of the oldest continuously published newspapers in the state. The Journal Star focuses heavily on issues of direct relevance to residents of the area, including city government, education, crime and community events. It also covers national and international news. The newspaper has a long history as a central source of information for residents across Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties, and plays a key role in shaping local public discourse through reporting and opinion content. Sports coverage is a central element, with consistent reporting on high school athletics, college teams and regional sports culture. Available on PressReader, Journal Star newspaper delivers reliable local journalism that keeps communities connected and informed.

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ArticleReports: U.S. mis­sile sup­ply badly depleted

The war on Iran has severely depleted key U.S. mis­sile stock­piles and left the nation and its allies in a vul­ner­able pos­i­tion for poten­tially years to come, sev­eral experts and reports say. U.S. mis­sile stock­piles were low before Pres­id­ent...

Reports: U.S. mis­sile sup­ply badly depleted

ArticleStormy Daniels com­ing to Peoria

PEORIA — One of Amer­ica’s most infam­ous polit­ical char­ac­ters and adult film stars is com­ing to Peoria. Stormy Daniels, the woman once at the cen­ter of a sex scan­dal involving Pres­id­ent Don­ald Trump, is com­ing to Peoria later this month to...

Stormy Daniels com­ing to Peoria

ArticleU.S. employ­ers shed 23K jobs in July

U.S. employ­ers shed 23,000 jobs in July, the Bur­eau of Labor Stat­ist­ics said Aug. 7, a fig­ure far below ana­lysts’ expect­a­tions, and down­ward revi­sions to job growth num­bers for May and June reflect a weaker labor mar­ket than pre­vi­ously...

U.S. employ­ers shed 23K jobs in July

ArticleNew Trump orders curb birth­right cit­izen­ship

Pres­id­ent Don­ald Trump is mak­ing another bid to cur­tail birth­right cit­izen­ship after the Supreme Court ruled his earlier effort was uncon­sti­tu­tional, announ­cing a pair of exec­ut­ive orders lim­it­ing who qual­i­fies for auto­matic...

New Trump orders curb birth­right cit­izen­ship

ArticleBlanche gets boost with Cas­sidy sup­port

WASHINGTON – Act­ing Attor­ney Gen­eral Todd Blanche’s bid to fill that role per­man­ently appeared poised for suc­cess after Repub­lican Sen. Bill Cas­sidy of Louisi­ana announced Aug. 7 that he would vote in Blanche’s favor. Cas­sidy, who is slated...

Blanche gets boost with Cas­sidy sup­port