Hendry County

District identified need for new school four years ago; To be completed 2027

County gave a nod to a taxiway design proposal at Hendry County's April 28 BOCC meeting.

Hendry County is growing and hoping to expand its EMS.

Hendry County decided to participate. More than $96 million is expected to be dolled out to various entities.

Junk yards in LaBelle and Clewiston are taking up to two tons per resident April 20-24

The president of BC US in Immokalee was charged with a second-degree misdemeanor for the company's mishandling of a macaque monkey.

Board of commissions approaved an emergency measure to bring county in compliaance with law

The odds of significant cold, coastal, and marine impacts across South Florida this weekend and beyond continues to increase. An Extreme Cold Watch is in effect for the Lake Okeechobee region and coastal Palm beach County and a Freeze Watch is in effect for inland Collier, Miami Dade and Broward counties. Wind chills could drop into the 20s across all of South Florida early Sunday morning. Very breezy conditions are expected on Saturday afternoon through early Sunday morning as the strong cold front pushes through the area. Sustained winds 15-25 mph could gust up to 40 mph, with highest winds likely along the immediate coastlines. A Gale Watch is in effect for local waters beginning on Saturday afternoon and evening. Sustained winds of 30-40 knots with higher gusts is possible across the Atlantic and Gulf waters through Sunday afternoon. Wave heights could peak as high as 12 feet across the Gulf and Atlantic waters during the day on Sunday as well.

The South Florida Water Management District is conducting a 3,000-acre prescribed burn in the C-43 Reservoir in western Hendry County today.

The Florida Wildlife Commission reports that a third panther has been found dead since the beginning of December.The most recent big cat death is a 9-month-old, male Florida panther. Remains of the juvenile animal were collected on Monday in Hendry County and the suspected cause of death is vehicle collision.