Mary Maybury
The Copperas Cove Exchange Club put up 220 blue ribbons behind the library on Saturday as part of the national Believe in the Blue campaign to represent the number of reported child abuse cases there were in Coryell County in 2012. “We are trying to raise awareness about child abuse,” said Deanna Thompson, organizer of the event. “A lot of times people know about things like this, but they don...
The Copperas Cove Police department held its first ever car show on Saturday and raised about $2,800 for the departments newly formed ever Law Enforcement Explorer Program. The program gives young adults interested in a career in law enforcement the opportunity to learn more about what the CCPD does. A total of 20 cadets ages 14 through 20...
The Keep Copperas Cove Beautiful Commission set a personal best this weekend with a record 102 volunteers for it’s Don’t Mess With Texas Trash Off held Saturday. The group picked up 93 bags of litter, eight tires and office furniture totaling over 1,400 pounds. Silvia Rhoads, executive director of KCCB, said the volunteers worked from 9 a.m....
Friends and family gathered at the United Methodist Church on Friday to congratulate Linda and Warren Townsend on their recent retirement after 93 years of combined service to the community. Former owners of Professional Counseling in Copperas Cove, which they established in 1979, the Townsends sold the business to Dr. Jeffery Roberts, who said...
The Copperas Cove city council spoke candidly on Tuesday regarding the approved letters of opposition of House Bill 3132 and Joint Resolution 143 and Councilman Jim Schmitz went so far as calling Representative Harvey Hilderbran, author of HJR 143, an idiot. The letters of opposition will be sent to State Representative J.D. Sheffield. House...
The Copperas Cove H-E-B- Plus store was evacuated a little after 3 p.m. on Wednesday due to an electrical fire that started inside a meat cooler and soon filled the meat market area with heavy smoke.
