Richard Chess became Fort Pierce's ... of some of the city's previous leaders. The people who will fight hardest for the status quo of doing things may be those with City Hall "connections ...

Fort Pierce needs to shake its reputation for having a "culture of corruption." Because if people from outside the community aren't willing to go to work there, how can officials at City Hall ...

For Fort Pierce officials, the choices remaining in their search for a new city manager are simple: They can either strike a deal with Richard Chess, whom a majority of city commissioners said ...

Richard Chess became Fort Pierce's city manager earlier ... following the example of some of the city's previous leaders. The ...