It’s Indiana’s largest post second school of learning. It’s Ivy Tech Community College with over 200,000 students in 75 locations across the Hoosier State. Ivy Tech is a school not just for 17-19 ya year olds who just graduated from high school, but increasingly its a school for adults to get the skills they need […]
A group of churches and individuals are planning to start up a new Federal Credit Union in Indianapolis. The announcement of the new financial services venture was made on Afternoons with Amos by Rev. Fitzhugh Lyons, Pastor of Galilee Baptist Church. Rev. Lyons was joined by long time Indianapolis businessman Joe Newman to announce the […]
LISTENER REACTION JUST ADDED! Ten years ago, February 2, 2004 Afternoons with Amos began on AM1310 The Light. And quickly established itself as a talkshow that dared to break broadcasting barriers and truly be the Talk Show of Record for Indianapolis’ African-American community. To commemorate Afternoons with Amos’ 10th Anniversary, the program gathered a cross […]
It was a rocky first year of operation for Charter Schools USA, the Florida based charter school operator that took over academic operation of three IPS schools – Manual and Howe High Schools and Emma Donnan Middle Schools. The first months of the schools operation were rocky. With discipline and other problems. Enrollment was below […]
The opening month of 2014 and the first few days of February have been uncharacteristically violent ones in Indianapolis. As of February 4 there have been 20 homicides (criminal and otherwise) in Indianapolis. That’s five more than the same period last year. Recent crimes have included brazen daytime robberies, a carjacking with a baby still […]
It’s been over three decades since the nation and world first learned about the HIV Virus and the deadly disease AIDS. There”s been lots of misinformation. But also in those decades there’s been lots of information, positive information about the disease and ways it can be treated. despite advance in medicine which allows those who […]
Last Saturday (Feb 1st), a 13 year old boy attending a birthday part in a house in a relatively crime free Indianapolis neighborhood, just northwest of 38th and Kessler Blvd, was gravelly wounded in a another random act of violence in Indianapolis. An estimated 100 young people were attending this party in a neighborhood of […]
Over a period of nearly 12 years, two African-American filmmakers created a documentary chronicling the lives of two young African-American boys as they attended one of the country’s top private schools. The documentary American Promise by Michele Stephenson and Joe Brewster shined a light on issues of Black families raising Black boys and spotlighted the […]
In his most extensive interview since becoming IPS Superintendent, Dr. Louis Ferebee signaled a new day in how the city and state’s largest school district deals with the potential for more charter schools. Appearing on Afternoons with Amos, Ferebee talked about his and IPS’ support for House Bill 1321 which provides IPS an opportunity to […]
Utilizing the most modern technology, and a major upgrade in the type of television and mobile video services ever, Comcast is dedicated to bring Indy households the 2014 Winter Olympics into their homes as never before. A new service of Comcast’s Xfinity service, called “X1” will allow persons watching on their TV sets at home, […]
President Barack Obama delivered his 5th State of the Union address to a Joint Session of Congress and to a nationwide audience both in this country and around the world. Above watch the speech with notes, graphs and highlights of the President’s accomplishments, recommendations and actions he plans to take. Then below tell what you […]
So far in the new year 2014, homicides in Indianapolis are running ahead of the same period in 2013. As of January 24th there were 12 homicides so far in Indianapolis/Marion County for 2014. At this same date in 2013, there were 11. So we’re slightly ahead of the 2013 record pace. Recently on Afternoons […]
