Little Mister Five Hills picks up the tab for Ronald McDonald House

By WENDY SLEDD Special to the Leader-Press    Five-year-old Swayze Gray struggled to survive every day for the first 30 days of his life.

FDA expands emergency use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to include boosters

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended its emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to allow booster dosing for those who are at least six months out from completing the first two doses.

Copperas Cove city council, city manager discuss use of coronavirus relief funds

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove City Council heard an update and began discussion on the ways the city can spend the funds it is receiving from the federal government through the American Rescue Plan Act Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund during a workshop meeting held...

COVID-19 cases in Copperas Cove ISD rise to 120 as of Tuesday

By BRITTANY FHOLERCove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove Independent School District is reporting 120 cases of lab-confirmed COVID-19 as of Tuesday, with 24 staff and 96 students testing positive as of Tuesday, CCISD Superintendent Joseph Burns told the board of Tuesday evening.

Lil’ Tex Restaurant loses long-time employee to COVID-19

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    A local restaurant that has been a mainstay in Copperas Cove for more than 20 years lost a long-time employee to COVID-19 on Friday, Aug. 20.

Central Texas hospitals have highest percentage of COVID-19 patients compared to other Trauma Service Areas

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    As of Wednesday, Aug.

Active COVID-19 cases increasing locally in Coryell County, statewide

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  As of Aug. 1, active cases of COVID-19 had surged in the state of Texas to 100,868, with the final two days of the month of July adding more than 20,000 new cases, 13,100 on July 30 and 10,900 on July 31.

Copperas Cove issues last update on city COVID-19 cases

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  With vaccinations continuing to increase, and testing on a plateaued decrease compared to earlier this year, the number of new cases has gone down locally.

Locals may schedule mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic for groups of friends, family, businesses, or civic clubs

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), and the Texas Military Department (TMD) announced on Wednesday that the state’s Mobile Vaccine Program has been expanded to include groups of five or more Texans who voluntarily choose...

CCISD holds COVID-19 vaccine clinic at CCHS

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Independent School District offered a chance for students ages 16 and up to get vaccinated against COVID-19 with a vaccine clinic held in the old gymnasium at Copperas Cove High School on Tuesday afternoon.