Less than a week after an appearance by his Republican opponent, Democratic Candidate and incumbent Marion County Sheriff John Layton appeared on Afternoons with Amos to defend his record and push back against attacks by his Republican opponent Emmitt Carney. A relaxed Sheriff Layton talked about his accomplishments in his first term including getting national […]
Republican Marion County Sheriff candidate Emmitt Carney appeared live on Afternoons with Amos in the first of the program’s interviews in June with the major candidates for Marion County offices in the 2014 election. Carney is the former agent with the Indianapolis office of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) who is […]
Over an eight week period, Afternoons with Amos aired thirty interviews with Republican and Democratic candidates in the May 6 Primary Elections for Federal and Marion County Offices. The final candidate in primary election interviews was Sheriff John Layton, who is running in the Democratic Party for a second term. During the interview, Sheriff Layton […]
Mark Brown is challenging incumbent Marion County Sheriff John Layton in next week’s Democratic primary. Brown, no relation, appeared on Afternoons with Amos to talk about his campaign to be the next Marion County Sheriff. Mark Brown said if elected he’d put focus on the Sheriff deputies getting our following up on arrest warrants or […]
Indianapolis and Marion County Officials have unveiled a proposal to have a private company build a new consolidated Justice Center that would house the county’s Criminal Courts, an expanded state of the art Marion County Jail, the Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Detention Center, plus offices for the Prosecutor, Probation, Community Corrections and Public Defender. It’s […]
For the first time, perhaps ever, local Republicans are running an African-American to be the next Marion County Sheriff. Emmitt Carney is a 31 year law enforcement veteran. First as a Kentucky State Trooper and for the last 25 years as a Special Agent with the Federal Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). […]
Despite the rosy rhetoric from Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, the city’s finances are still shaky. So much so that the Mayor and Council Democrats are working to reduce budgets for city departments another 5% for the current year. That includes finding 5% of tens of millions in additional savings from police, fire, paramedics and other […]
Marion County Sheriff John Layton angrily defended his office against a Federal survey that claimed that the Marion County Jail’s annex had a very high level of incidents of sexual abuse of inmates by jail personnel of any county or city jail in the country. The Indianapolis Star reported over the weekend that a report […]
In a remarkable, stunning interview, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard seemed to lose it attacking local Democrats for opposing his plans to increase mayoral power in what Democrats and some Republicans call a UniGov Power Grab. Interviewed Saturday on AM1310 The Light’s Unity in the Community program, Mayor Ballard said that the increased powers he’s requesting […]
<strong>Audio Included in Post. Audio ©2010 WTLC/Radio One.</strong> In the countdown to the May 4th Primary Election, Dennis Fishburn, candidate for the Republican nomination for Marion County Sheriff discussed why he's running and the issues on Tuesday's (April 20th) Afternoons with Amos.
<strong>Audio Included in Post. Audio ©2010 WTLC/Radio One.</strong> In the countdown to the May 4th Primary Election, Mark Brown, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Marion County Sheriff discussed why he's running and the issues on Monday's (April 19th) Afternoons with Amos.
Audio Included in Post. Audio ©2009 WTLC/Radio One. Bart McAtee, candidate for the Republican nomination for Marion County Sheriff appeared on Afternoons with Amos. McAtee, running to succeed Sheriff Frank Anderson who constitutionally can’t run again, discussed the issues in the race with Amos. Here is Part 2 of the interview.
