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By Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Aug. 5--The St. Clair County Sheriff's Department is searching for a sex offender accused of failing to live at his registered address for almost a year.

By Angie Leventis, St. Louis Post-Dispatch May 23--BELLEVILLE -- An accused killer from Utah is expected to be tried here in January or February, before returning home to charges in an unrelated fatal stabbing. A St. Clair County judge set the early 2009 trial date for Donald E. Younge Jr.

By Roger Schlueter, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Feb. 19--BELLEVILLE -- Wanted: at least 100 groups, organizations and businesses to take part in the first St. Clair County Health and Fitness Challenge. Don't worry, you don't have to run a marathon or bicycle to Chicago.

By Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Dec. 23--Federal grants have been given to metro-east organizations for homeless assistance. The grants are from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Belleville, announced last week.