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IPS gets Grant for Literacy Programs, Local Nonprofits Merge, Historic Fishers House to be Torn Down, Successful Fetal Spinal Surgery at Riley, Cookie Monster Grand Marshall at Brickyard 400

IPS gets Grant for Literacy Programs, Local Nonprofits Merge, Historic Fishers House to be Torn Down, Successful Fetal Spinal Surgery at Riley, Cookie Monster Grand Marshall at Brickyard 400

July 25, 2025

Indianapolis Public Schools is getting a 10.5 million dollar grant over the next five years to support the district’s literacy programs. Two local nonprofits that serve Hoosiers experiencing homelessness announced a merger. A house that’s been standing in Fishers since the late 1800s is soon to be torn down. Surgeons at Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis performed the state’s first successful fetal spinal surgery on a severe spinal cord defect. Cookie Monster will be at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend as the Grand Marshal for the Brickyard 400.

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