By Verna Slate, Williamson County Bureau
MARION — Williamson County is building a new morgue, the Southern Illinoisan reports. The project marks an upgrade to the county's death-investigation infrastructure, replacing whatever arrangement the coroner's office has been making do with until now.
It's not a story that draws a crowd at the county board meeting, but it's the kind of quiet capital project that says something about where a growing county is putting its money — and what it's finally admitting it can no longer put off.
No further details on cost, funding source, or completion timeline were included in the available reporting. This bureau will follow the project as it moves forward.
— Compiled from reporting by the Southern Illinoisan.
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