Hendry County News

The School Board meeting starts at 5 p.m. and will be held at district headquarters, 4204 Okeechobee Road, Fort Pierce.

On Wednesday May 8, East County Water Control District hosted the first in a series of four community presentations in honor of its 55th Anniversary.

David Albers/Staff - Ethanol is produced from algae and saltwater contained in reactors at Algenol Biofuels on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, in South Fort Myers.

A bitter legal dispute over who's responsible for a failed land deal in Hendry County at the height of the boom could be close to resolution after six years.

Public schools likely will see more money in the coming year, but some Southwest Florida educators say the lack of details makes it difficult to get excited about a bigger budget.

Traffic Stop Ends With Rear Ending By Hendry Deputy's Car CLEWISTON, FL. -- Helene Maria Egger, 59 of Lana, Italy was traveling with her family west on U.S. 27 in the outside lane in western Hendry county as a marked Hendry County Sheriff's department patrol car, driven by Michael Angelo Favara, 38 of LaBelle was traveling west on U.S. 27 in the ... (more)

The money is in the budget, but Florida teachers aren't entirely optimistic they will have more cash in their pockets during the coming school year.

A 27-year-old Miami woman was killed in a car crash that happened along SR-80 in Hendry County.

HENDRY COUNTY, Fla.- The Florida Forest Service will be conducting a 40-acre prescribed burn on the Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest in rural Hendry County.

A three-vehicle crash at State Road 80 and Wellington Parkway in Hendry County on Thursday afternoon left one dead.

A bitter legal dispute over who's responsible for a failed land deal in Hendry County at the height of the boom could be close to resolution after six years.

Hendry County Sheriff Steve Whidden and the Hendry County Sheriff's Office Community Policing Unit are hosting its Annual Community Fun Day for friends and neighbors to come together for an enjoyable and informative day Saturday, April 27.

Affordable, disability-accessible housing will soon be available in Clewiston. Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida has broken ground on Sweetwater Place, an income-subsidized apartment complex for people with physical disabilities Sweetwater Place will be Goodwill's fourteenth housing complex in Southwest Florida, and first in Clewiston.