The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST for Wednesday, June 3, 2015. (This Story Begins At The 1:30 Mark On The PODCAST Media Player) On Easter Sunday afternoon, there was a confrontation between Indianapolis police and Mack Long, aged 36. Long, an ex-felon, who had been without any arrests or convictions since 2005 and free of probation […]

WELCOME! To The AM1310 The Light Afternoons with Amos LIVE BLOG of the 2014 Election Returns for Marion County.  As the returns come in we’ll be blogging the results, the trends shown and what they mean.  When I feel enough votes have come in to determine a clear cut WINNER we’ll tell you that.  Our […]

In a final effort to get you prepared to vote on this Tuesday, November 4th, we gathered together in one location, all our 2014 Afternoons with Amos Interviews with Candidates for County, State, Federal, Legislative, Township and School Board Offices. Plus the interview that rocked the IPS School Board Race, the Refusal of a Major […]

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 […]

It’s been one of the positive aspects of the 2014 election campaign in Marion County. Republicans running three African-Americans for countywide offices.  In the final days of interviews with candidates, two African-Americans trying to make history appeared for extended  Afternoons with Amos campaign interviews.  Duane Merchant is the Republican candidate for Marion County Prosecutor and […]

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). […]

It was truly a Function at the Junction as scores of elected officials, business and civic leaders, pastors and grassroots folks gathered for Afternoons with Amos’ 8th annual “no-host” Luncheon to benefit the Mozel Sanders Thanksgiving Effort.  Held at the Outback Steakhouse on W 86th Street in Pike Township, this special Afternoons with Amos broadcast […]

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 […]

Despite efforts in the Indiana General Assembly with the battle over Senate Bill 621, commonly referred to as the UniGov Power Grab, which among other provisions would make it harder for the Marion County Sheriff to do his job as mandated by Indiana’s Constitution, Sheriff John Layton promises to continue to serve the people of […]