Jim Little

1 month ago | pnj.com | Jim Little

The original price was $700,000, but after investigating the building, the city determined it would cost $500,000 just to keep it from collapsing.

Aug 19, 2024 | pnj.com | Jim Little

Escambia Clerk of Court and Comptroller Pam Childers is contesting the county's spending on a lawsuit over Commissioner Jeff Bergosh's text messages. Childers sent a letter to the county attorney's office on Friday saying that she could not authorize attorney pay for the time worked on a lawsuit against the Pensacola News Journal and two others that sought to have Bergosh's leaked text messages returned.

Aug 15, 2024 | pnj.com | Jim Little

A cross between a true crime and history documentary can describe the new independent film "Welcome to Jay."Filmmaker Jeffery Morgan examines the town of Jay's reputation as a "sundown town" by examining the 2010 killing of an 18-year-old Black man by a 21-year-old white man at a party in Jay. Gus Benjamin was shot and killed by Robert Floyd at an outdoor party at Floyd's home. Floyd was convicted of the murder in a 2011 trial and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Aug 14, 2024 | pnj.com | Jim Little

Pensacola approved a 50% stormwater fee increase last week for city property owners. The City Council voted unanimously to approve the increasing the fee to $120.49 for each stormwater unit assessed to a property. The city assigns a stormwater unit to a property based on its square footage in five different tiers. Most homes or buildings fall into the third tier, which is 1,601 to 2,500 square feet and is assessed at exactly one stormwater unit.

Aug 13, 2024 | pnj.com | Jim Little

Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves unveiled the conceptual plans for a "reimagined" Palafox Street on Tuesday that transforms the sidewalks and intersections along the already iconic street to have brick pavers and 51 more trees. The plan would make the street even more pedestrian-friendly by widening crosswalks and adding more mid-block crosswalks. The brick pavers would add four times the pervious surface to the street to allow for better drainage.