Former Fort Pierce Mayor Bob Benton is urging elected ... Wicker Perlis is TCPalm's Watchdog Reporter for St. Lucie County. You can reach him at wicker.perlis@tcpalm.com.

Arrest in burglaries: Accused storage unit burglar in Port St. Lucie linked to others in Martin County, police say Deputy chief to acting chief: New interim Fort Pierce Police Chief kept low ...

Fort Pierce Police Deputy Chief Robert Ridle was appointed interim chief after the resignation of Chief Diane Hobley-Burney. Ridle joined Fort Pierce Police in 1996. He has generated few headlines ...

For the first time, a local nonprofit has gathered data on every town and city in Fairfield County, outlining what it takes to live there comfortably. The affordability fact sheets, created by the ...

Fort Pierce Police Chief Diane Hobley-Burney ... Wicker Perlis is TCPalm's Watchdog Reporter for St. Lucie County. You can reach him at wicker.perlis@tcpalm.com.

Stop Cyber Bullying Our Libraries: This time, a cyber attack hit the Pierce County library system, and most of its services are frozen. The branches are still open, with free public internet ...

The Pierce County Public Library System’s operations have been affected for nearly a month after it was targeted in a cyberattack. Library staff confirmed on Monday that an “outside entity ...

Miguel Angel Urbano-Vazquez, 48, appears at Pierce County Superior Court in Tacoma for his arraignment in the 2002 rape and murder of Sharon Van Gilder on Friday, May 16, 2025. A bail hearing is ...

Pierce County contains 5 schools and 3,637 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 20%. Also, 48.1% of students are economically disadvantaged. The student body at the schools served by ...

A Fort Pierce Police Officer was suspended 10 days. Police determined he did not follow proper procedure in investigating a February 2025 theft case. The officer, Hayden Willis, has been with Fort ...