Lynette Sowell
A skunk captured by Copperas Cove Animal Control on May 29 tested positive for rabies, the first case of rabies within the city limits in 2013. “We received a call from a local business on North 5th Street, the Topsey Road Mercantile, about a skunk roaming on the property,” said David Wellington, director of Animal Control. “When we checked it out, it wasn’t there, but ended up across the road...
A trio of Copperas Cove Junior High’s Junior Historians and their teacher, Danny Corbett, will be jetting away this weekend to compete in the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day contest held from June 9-13 in College Park, Md. Seventh-grade students Christopher Armstrong, Jyhlil Rice and Tristan Thompson created an exhibit titled “Go West...
Local parents needn’t worry about their kids ages 3-12 having enough to do this summer if they’re enrolled in the Armed Services YMCA day camp to be held daily at Copperas Cove’s City Park. For a registration fee of $25 and a weekly cost of $80 per child, the camp provides a variety of activities for the kids from Monday through Friday, 6 a.m....
I remember watching Star Wars when it first came out in theaters. I had to beg to go see the movie, since I was only nine years old. But my dad took me, and I still remember gripping the armrests of the seat as images exploded on the big screen. Luke Skywalker started out as a whiner, but ended up as a hero. Up until then, it was the most...
One of the best parts of growing up is having a best friend, or two. I've had several of those during my lifetime and I feel incredibly blessed. Some of them I'm not close with anymore. We outgrow friends, or our lives go in a different direction. It happens. But you know the kind of friend I mean. You can call them up and skip all the...
Aportion of Avenue D in front of Copperas Cove High School was closed for about an hour on Wednesday morning after a threevehicle accident claimed at least two lives and injured others. The entire scene was staged, however, as officials gave the annual Shattered Dreams presentation. After a mock prerecorded 911 call was broadcast over the...
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