Marion city eyes stricter safety rules for tattoo parlors
Marion officials and Unique Ink Custom Tattooing owner agree on tighter health and safety standards after a 14 year old girl obtained a navel piercing with forged consent. Proposals include city permits, ID checks, notarized forms, and possible health department inspections to ensure sanitation and proper disposal of needles. Authorities seek penalties for deceptive practices and violations while preserving legal tattooing.
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Marion
Unique Ink
Illinois
Jack Morton
Bob Butler
Butler
Morton
Health Department
Perry County Courthouse Faces Uncertain Future Amid Criminial, Civic History
Perry County's historic courthouse sits at the center of ongoing crime and governance, with past riots, stabbings, and fatal shootings tied to the facility. County officials note rising criminal charges, new detectives, and renovations since 1994 while debates grow over a potential four lane bypass that could route traffic through Pinckneyville and possibly past the courthouse.
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Bischof
William Gordon
Joseph Hamilton
Hildebrand
John Ragland
Ragland
Missouri
Perry County
David Stanton
Norbert Shilling
Charles Brooke
Steve Fleming
Curtis Brunkhorst
Caleb Jones
Stanton
Dolce
Jamie Ellermeyer
du Quoin
Jan Scarborough
Pinckneyville
Keith Kellerman
Kellerman
Consolidation Coal Co
Illinois Department of Transportation
Murphysboro
St. Louis
Missing West City woman linked to Buckner pickup truck
West City police pursue leads after a woman seen leaving a bar early in the night may have been in a pickup with three others stopped by Buckner police about two hours later. A Benton man in the car has been questioned. investigators have not confirmed her identity or foul play. Call 439-7100 or 438-4841 with information.
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Filkins
Blair
Buckner
Benton
West City
Sheriff's Office
Peach crop hopes hold after freeze despite strawberry risk
The farmer reports no damage yet to peaches from the cold while noting 30,000 strawberry plants are more vulnerable. Workers irrigated and covered strawberries overnight to protect them. Orchard owner says blossoms on peach trees survived, with only about 10 percent buds needing pruning and apples spared, earliest blossoms due in April.
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Flamm
Sirles
Oakdale Hosts Ninth Annual Eggstravaganza Weekend
Oakdale near Pinckneyville hosts a weekend Eggstravaganza featuring Easter Egg Factory tours in enchanted woods, a bunny pathway, egg hunt, bonnet contest, cash bunny hop, egg and spoon race, petting zoo, craft fair, Ronald McDonald visit, concessions, and more along Illinois 127.
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Enchanted Woods
Ronald McDonald
Oakdale
Illinois 127
Pinckneyville
Christi Mathis
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American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States
Illinois State Historical Society
Nick Dolce
B&g
Family Tree
South
Carbondale
WU Ell
Saxony
Southern Illinois
Niemann
Super Decorator Warehouse
New Rt
New RL
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