Steve Tarter has been named the business editor of the Peoria Journal Star in Illinois, replacing Paul Gordon, who accepted a buyout offer.
A story on the paper’s site states, “Tarter joined the Journal Star in 1998 and has been a business beat writer the entire period.
“Before joining the Journal Star, Tarter, a 1972 graduate of Bradley University, was marketing director for GP Transit (now CityLink).
“While driving the Journal Star’s regular economic coverage, Tarter will also write a weekly business column and will continue to contribute to the ‘Minding Business’ blog on pjstar.com.
“In addition to Gordon, columnist/reporter Terry Bibo and reporter Clare Howard also accepted the buyout offer, effective Friday.”
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