Your Life Matters

A personal tragedy involving an overdose of prescription drugs that impacted an Indianapolis family has led to something positive that can help prevent similar tragedies.  Marion County Sheriff John Layton has teamed up with Drug Free Marion County to provide a safe, no questions asked way for Indianapolis/Marion County residents to safely dispose of their […]

HAVE YOU SEEN VICTORY QUALLS? HAVE YOU SEEN DWAYNE SIMS? Indianapolis Metro Police are searching for a missing child in the city and they need…

A third generation Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Officer, who followed in his dad and granddad’s footsteps as a homicide detective has created a new non-profit foundation to help try to reduce crime and turn young people’s attitudes around.  Harry Dunn III appeared on Afternoons with Amos to talk about his new effort the HIM By HER […]

YOUR LIFE MATTERS WEEK – AFTERNOONS WITH AMOS. What do Indianapolis African-American teens feel about the issues plaguing our city and community? How do they feel about the rising level of violence?  Is it true that there’s nothing for teens and young people to do in Indianapolis? What would teens like to learn in their […]

YOUR LIFE MATTERS WEEK – AFTERNOONS WITH AMOS. For the past two months Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Chief Rick Hite and Indianapolis/Marion County Public Safety Director Troy Riggs have been and the command staffs of the IMPD have been meeting with a wide range of community and neighborhood groups and holding meetings on all sides of […]

AFTERNOONS WITH AMOS – YOUR LIFE MATTERS WEEK! How does Indy’s Medical Community have to say about the city’s rising violent crime wave?  The men and women, the doctors, nurses and medical technicians who work in the Trauma Center at Indianapolis’ Level One Trauma Hospital, Eskenazi, have strong feelings about violence and what needs to […]

AFTERNOONS WITH AMOS – YOUR LIFE MATTERS WEEK. There’s been a lot of debate and conversation on what Indianapolis churches are or are not doing to help reduce violence in our streets and neighborhoods.  many are concerned that the church isn’t doing enough to engage teens and young adults and providing positive alternatives for them. […]

  AFTERNOONS WITH AMOS – YOUR LIFE MATTERS WEEK. US Senator Joe Donnelly kicked off Afternoons with Amos YOUR LIFE MATTERS WEEK a series of broadcasts, focusing from a variety of perspectives, on the issue of the increased violence in Indianapolis and how and what can the community do to reduce and stop it and […]

AFTERNOONS WITH AMOS – YOUR LIFE MATTERS WEEK: For our series of broadcasts on YOUR LIFE MATTERS WEEK, especially Thursday’s Community Conversation with Public Safety Director Troy Riggs and IMPD Chief Rick Hite, both their agencies provided a series of statistics on crime in Indianapolis over the past couple of years.  We’re posting that data, […]

Ok so a few weeks ago i was aked to COme speak to a group of kids at Arlington Highschool . Fter talking to them…

What makes a GOOD MOTHER? What Makes a SUCCESSFUL MOTHER? Afternoons with Amos listeners flooded the program with their ideas and examples of what makes a good and successful mother. In Honor of Mother’s Day, Amos asked listeners to weigh in with suggestions on successful mothering. With nearly two-thirds of all births in the Indianapolis […]

Although women were the main focus at this years Women’s Empowerment Series, it was also a time to reflect and talk to the young men…