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Weekend Mass Shooting in Indy, Annual Naturalization Ceremony, Federal Education Grants Not Dispersed, Indiana 50501 & Indivisible Central Indiana hold picnic, HIV Cases on the Rise in Indy
July 07, 2025
A mass shooting in downtown Indianapolis early Saturday left two teenagers dead and five others injured. Some of America’s newest citizens took the Oath of Citizenship in downtown Indianapolis Thursday as the country celebrates its 249th birthday. The Trump administration told states last week that it won’t be dispersing nearly seven billion dollars in federal education grants. This past holiday weekend – scores of people gathered in Indianapolis to send a protest message to the Trump administration. New cases of HIV continued to rise in Indianapolis over the past few years.
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