Peoria Journal Star v8.5.4

Gannett

Contains ads • In-app purchases

About this app

Developer Description

Local and national news, spectacular photography, and rich video content.

From critically acclaimed storytelling to powerful photography to engaging videos — the Journal Star app delivers the local news that matters most to your community.

APP FEATURES:
• Access all of our in-depth journalism, including things to do around town, sports coverage from high school to the pros, and much more.
• Enjoy a streamlined, fast-loading experience that makes it easy to view the stories, photos, and videos that matter to you.
• Get breaking news, sports scores, and weather alerts with real-time notifications tailored to your interests.
• Customize your experience by saving your favorite stories, adjusting text size, using night mode, or reading offline.
• eNewspaper: Just like our print edition but accessible on your mobile devices. And access to USA TODAY and 200+ local eNewspapers.

SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION:
• This app is free to download and all users can access a sampling of free articles every month.
• Subscriptions are charged to your Google Play account at confirmation of purchase and automatically renew each month or year, unless turned off in your Google Play account settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. For more details, see "Subscription Support" in the app's settings for more details and customer service contact information.

MORE INFORMATION:
• Privacy Policy: https://cm.pjstar.com/privacy/
• Terms of Service: https://cm.pjstar.com/terms/
• Questions or Comments: mobilesupport@gannett.com

What's New

• Bug fixes: We've made some changes under the hood for a better user experience.

In-app purchases

$14.99 - $69.99 per item

Version Information

Version: 8.5.4
Downloads: 10K+
Updated on: Dec 8, 2025
Released: Sep 2, 2011
Requires: Android 8.0

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Peoria Journal Star users say on Google Play

★★★★★

A Google user

Always up to date

★★★★

A Google user

Great newspaper, horrible app. I pay for a yearly subscription for digital access only. Despite this, every day I have to uninstall and reinstall the app as it tells me that I have reached a limit on free articles. I have tried logging out and logging back in to my pay account, and even contacting customer service. Customer service solution was to uninstall the app, reinstall it, and login again. This issue has been going on for months. **Update 11/15/19. Subscription now works w/o mult logins

★★★

A Google user

The app is okay. It would be nice if there was a setting that allowed you to default to news or entertainment when you open it. I don't want the top stories since they contain literally all the news from PJ Star, including local sports, which doesn't interest me. The old app kept only news in the top stories.

★★

Dylan Tomlins

The app is a bit nicer looking after the update, but still clunky due to being filled with ads. It would be nice to view older articles; they added a search function, but it seems to only go back about 3-4 months. A Journal Star subscription is helpful for staying informed about my hometown, but $5 a month is quite steep given the small quantity of articles (their writing staff is quite small) and the huge amount of ads.

★

A Google user

I signed up for a yearly subscription, but everyday I have to uninstall & install it again for it to let me see anything. I thought that since I have a subscription at home that I pay almost $60 a month for that this app was free. Used to be! I guess not anymore.