After 21 years of service, U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Louis B. Smith Jr. found himself battling a new enemy: heart failure.

The ink on his chest spells out a lyric from Frank Sinatra’s “My Way,” a song his father introduced him to when he was young.

Walking into the new Heart Tattoo, one feels as though they are stepping into a bit of a fun house. Down a flight of stairs ...

Now that she has achieved that goal, she's working on achieving the next. As a tattoo artist at Belton's Ink Spot, Paulic is ...

"That’s when I said, can you do me a favor?" Smith recounted. "If I have to have this new heart, can you make sure…when you ...

After five years, Heart Tattoo shop in Sioux Falls has relocated to somewhere a little more permanent. The 4,100-square-foot, two-story tattoo parlor, opened its doors at its new address earlier this ...

Louis B. Smith Jr., shown during his days in the Army, says he’s grateful his doctors were able to preserve his chest tattoo during his heart transplant. Northwestern Medicine Share Louis B.

The national suicide prevention organization “The Trevor Project” is getting some help from a local business. A Belton-based tattoo artist is donating the proceeds they earn for giving heart tattoos.