The plain speaking, down to earth Public Safety Director of Indianapolis/Marion County Troy Riggs reported on the successes and challenges of his agency in an extensive Afternoons with Amos interview. Public Safety is more than the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD). And in the first part of the interview, Riggs talks about the successes in […]
It is looming as the biggest political issue in Indiana this year, and perhaps one of the biggest in decades. It’s the battle to enshrine into Indiana’s State Constitution language stating that marriage in the state shall only be between one man and one woman. One of the leaders in the fight to preserve what […]
A week into the New Year 2014, President Maggie Lewis, Vice-President John Barth and Majority Leader Monroe Gray, the leaders of the Indianapolis City-County Council majority appeared on Afternoons with Amos to talk frankly about several major issues. First off they addressed residents concerns about problems with snow removal. While saluting the long hours and […]
Education is one of the major issues concerning everyone in Indianapolis and the nation. Whether or not you have children or grandchild in schools, most people are paying the cost of public education. Now there’s a new website designed to provide a wide range of information and stories about what is going on in education […]
New Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Lewis Ferebee appeared on Afternoons with Amos this week. While he talked with Amos about the weather conditions that have forced schools to be closed most of the week, Ferebee talked about going into IPS classrooms actually teaching students. And more importantly what those students were telling him they’d […]
In First 2014 Interview, Gov. Mike Pence Talks Jobs, Taxes, Education, Weather With Amos & Listeners
In his first Afternoons with Amos interview for 2014, Indiana Governor Mike Pence talked a variety of subjects with Amos and listeners. The Governor defended his proposal to phase out the business personal property tax which the Governor says is necessary to help increase jobs and job opportunities in Indiana. The Governor deflected criticism that […]
CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES. CLICK HERE TO SEE GRADES FOR SPECIFIC SCHOOLS. 2013 A-F SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY GRADES FOR ALL INDIANA SCHOOLSÂ Â After delays over a scandal involving former Supt. Dr. Tony Bennett, and delays concerned the problems conducting the 2013 ISTEP tests online, the State Board of Education and the Indiana Department of Education have […]
For nearly four decades Chaka Khan has been a major force in music, not just in America, but world wide. Chaka Khan was in Indianapolis to perform at the annual UNCF Masked Ball Benefit Gala that annual raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in support of the the 37 colleges and universities supported by the […]
FLASH! BOBBY LEONARD NAMED TO BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME! Bobby “Slick” Leonard was named on Valentine’s Day as one of the members of the Class of 2014 to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Leonard was chosen by a committee that honors outstanding Hall of Fame candidates from the American Basketball Association Days (ABA). […]
In an exclusive interview Afternoons with Amos talked with the new Superintendent of the Lawrence Township Schools, Dr. Shawn A. Smith. Dr. Smith’s selection was officially announced Thursday, December 12th by the Lawrence Township School Board and he will assume his new duties January 1, 2014. Lawrence Township was the first district to hire an […]
Afternoons with Amos has done scores of interviews with education officials, school board members, school superintendents, politicians, education reformers and frustrated parents and community members. But our program rarely gets to interview classroom teachers. Because they’re busy educating kids when our program’s on the air. But Afternoons with Amos talked to two veteran teachers in […]
In the aftermath of the strong community outcry in 2012 about a proposal to place a statue of a freed slave in chains on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail, community leaders came together to create a new, more collaborative process. The Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee and The Arts Council of Indianapolis have commissioned artists to create […]
