For the second election in a row, Afternoons with Amos is interviewing candidates for school board in six major Indianapolis/Marion County school districts. Districts with the largest numbers of African-American students. Candidates running in Lawrence, Pike, Warren, Washington, Wayne Townships and the Indianapolis Public Schools will be interviewed in the first three weeks of October. […]
Should bullying be a criminal offense? Lawmakers in a California city decided it isn’t, defeating a proposed anti-bullying law on Tuesday, KTLA 5 reports. The…
A girl bully is captured on cellphone video physically attacking a boy almost twice her size, but the victim turned the tables on her in…
Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry came to Afternoons with Amos and talked with Amos and listeners about a range of subjects. Curry explained his role, as County Prosecutor, in dealing with citizens filing petitions to have their criminal records expunged and sealed. Under the new law, called the Second Chance Law, County Prosecutors have the […]
Dynasty Young, the Tech High School student who was mercilessly buillied by classmates at Tech High School and then expelled after defending himself after the school’s repeated refusal to protect him, won exoneration. Young and his mother Chelisa Grimes settled their lawsuit with the Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS). The mother and son had sued IPS […]
“Let’s put a stop to domestic violence and bullying,” tweeted gospel luminary Donald Lawrence, who is headed to New York City for “A Day to Connect,…
Nine of the ten individuals running for the Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners and four of the five running for the Wayne Township School Board appeared live on Afternoons with Amos to discuss the issues in their respective school districts. This month, WTLC-AM and Afternoons with Amos have been interviewing live candidates in six of […]
Afternoons with Amos is the only Indianapolis media – print, radio or TV – to conduct in depth interviews with all the candidates running for School Board in the Indianapolis/Marion County districts with the largest enrollments of African-American students. Hear the views on candidates on education issues in the Washington Township, Lawrence Township, Warren Township, […]
Most kids have been teased by a sibling or a friend at some point. And it’s not usually harmful when done in a playful, friendly,…
Darnell “Dynasty” Young, the Arsenal Tech High School students who was expelled last May for bringing to school an electronic stun gun his mother gave him, to confront students bullying him because he was gay has filed suit against the Indianapolis Public Schools. Young’s attorneys filed the suit in Federal Court in Indianapolis challenging IPS’ […]
BREAKING NEWS, UPDATED WITH NEW AUDIO: Darnell “Dynasty” Young, the Arsenal Tech High School students who was expelled last May for bringing an electronic stun gun to school, his mother gave him, to confront students bullying him because he was gay has received from a letter from the Indianapolis Public Schools offering to reinstate him […]
JUST ADDED: AUDIO OF LISTENER REACTION TO INTERVIEW In a passionate, emotional interview that at times deeply angered me, I interviewed on Afternoons with Amos former Tech High School student Darnell Dynasty Young and his mother Chelisa Grimes. Dynasty was expelled from Tech last month by IPS officials because he brought, at his mom’s insistence, […]
