Hendry County News

Their paths in life often take them in different directions, but certain people are just destined to find their way to the profession one way or another, says Nancy Adams, principal of Gateway Elementary School in Lee County.

"This is an exciting time for the College and the community," said Bill Roshon, Dean of Professional and Technical Studies at Edison State College.

Gene McAvoy, a Certified Crop Advisor and Hendry County Extension Director, is the 2009 winner of the Florida Excellence in Crop Advising Award sponsored by the Florida Certified Crop Adviser Program and the Florida Farm Bureau Federation.

The death had been kept secret until today because of the pending investigation, but the Conservation Commission released no details about the panther death except that it happened sometime between Oct.

Anyone driving through LaBelle one sunny Saturday morning last month was destined for a double take.

Troopers are on their way to the scene of a rollover accident in Hendry County. The crash has reported injuries and an unknown roadblock on the intersection of Navaho Avenue and Nobles Road in Labelle.

Hendry County is considering building a two-lane, expandable bridge over the Caloosahatchee River just outside the Lee County line.

Bill McCollum, The Florida Attorney General's office will tomorrow meet with folks, The Mortgage Task Force and the general public.

The Port of Palm Beach is going to make a decision Wednesday that has no credibility.

Two Men Caught In Burglary CLEWISTON, FL. -- On October 18, 2009, deputies with the Hendry County Sheriff's Office responded to 208 Pine Lane, in Montura Ranch Estates, a rural community west of Clewiston, after receiving a report of a burglary in progress.

Unemployment in the two-county area continued to outpace the state rates in September, with Flagler County reporting the second-highest rate among the 67 counties, behind Hendry County.

The labor force is shrinking, but the number of unemployed workers is increasing in Hernando County.

There are reports of a helicopter down with injuries in Glades County, according to Janice Brewster, a spokeswoman at the Hendry County Sheriff's Office.

Eleven-year-old Sylvia Alvarado attends a candlelight vigil outside the home of her cousin, Ricky Trevino, on Thursday, Oct.

Lee County Sheriff's deputies have just located and detained both Ashley O'Connor and Kenneth Ross in Hendry County, according to spokesman John Sheehan.

Teddy Osceola's arrest mug from 2007. IMMOKALEE - The body of a missing Immokalee teenager has been discovered in Clewiston, and another Immokalee man has been charged by Seminole Police in the shooting death.

Woman In Roadway Struck By Truck CLEWISTON, FL. -- Katina M. Avila, 37, of Clewiston was lying in the road, shirtless, when she was struck by a semi-truck flatbed trailer driven by Miguel Cruz, 58 of Naples around 4:45 a.m. Sunday in Hendry County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A dead Florida panther was discovered Monday just north of Billy Swamp Safari in Hendry County.

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IMMOKALEE: It was just after midnight at the Hendry Correctional Institution, a state prison Southeast of Immokalee.