Early morning house arson destroys home, injures one
Sunday night, or early Monday morning, around 12:30 a.m. Curtis Poe heard at least two men outside his residence. He went to see what was going on, and just as he walked out of his bedroom someone threw a can of some type of accelerant into the bedroom window and it exploded. Fire shot from the bedroom up the hallway and through the mobile home. Poe luckily was able to escape, but lost everything he owned.
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Air Evac creating 85 new jobs in Houston 
HOUSTON, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon visited Houston last Thursday to announce the award of $183,361 in Enhanced Enterprise Zone (EEZ) tax credits to a Missouri company that operates the largest independently owned and operated air medical service provider in the United States. The EEZ incentives will assist Air Evac Lifeteam in significantly expanding its operations in south-central Missouri through the renovation of an old manufacturing building. The expansion is a $1 million capital investment that will create 85 new area jobs. The state of Missouri’s award of $183,361 in EEZ incentives will assist the company in completing its second phase of expansion, which will create 85 new jobs in the patient accounts division.
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Flu clinics scheduled
With flu season approaching and influenza reported in the region, the Texas County Health Department announces its seasonal flu shot clinics beginning Oct. 1 in the Houston office.
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Diana’s Grove: Confronting an urgent need, one precious dog at a time
Last January, Richard Jensen of Licking—happy owner of an Irish Wolfhound and a German Shepherd—found himself ringing in the New Year by playing midwife to a litter of “Irish Shepherd” puppies. Out of 12 squirmy little newborns, seven survived. With four dogs already and no way to take care of the new arrivals, Jensen called the Texas County Animal Shelter in Houston, a no-kill rescue with a brand-new facility on Route 17. The shelter, however, has limited kennels for rescue dogs. Unable to help Jenson, they referred him to Diana’s Grove Dog Rescue, a 140-acre sanctuary founded and owned by Cynthea Jones and Patricia Storm, and located just outside of Bunker in Shannon County. A good hour’s drive away, but it’s the next nearest no-kill shelter serving the Licking area.
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