Adrift In a sea of misinformation and cat memes

by Lynette Sowell My front porch   I wrote this column more than a year ago, and I believe it’s even more relevant now that in Copperas Cove, we have a source of local news. There is so much bad news, unreliable news, misinformation that is drifting around.

Strange days

By Lynette Sowell My front porch   We live in strange days right now. When these days stop being strange, or stop feeling strange, is anyone’s guess.

Copperas Cove man pens book to help youth, parents

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    Copperas Cove resident Gerald Lee has spent a little more than one year getting used to freedom again, after spending 16 years incarcerated for his role in a 2003 convenience store armed robbery in Lampasas.

10 Bulldawgs named to All-District list; 4 named Academic All-State

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Bulldawgs had a topsy-turvy, injury-plagued season, however some of the Bulldawgs were recently recognized for their contributions to the team.

Quasqui-what?

by Lynette Sowell My Front Porch   This Thursday we will open our office doors for a special event that has been 125 years in the making – the start of the 125th year of newspaper publication in our city.  The 125th anniversary or birthday has a special term attached to it.

Glenn Stearns, come to Copperas Cove

By Lynette Sowell My front porch   I’m not generally a fan of reality TV, but not quite a week ago a show caught my eye on Discovery Channel: “Undercover Billionaire.” The show’s premise is pretty simple.

Keep the light on for us

By Lynette Sowell, Managing Editor My front porch   In February 2017, the Washington Post adopted a phrase that it began printing below its masthead: “Democracy dies in darkness,” a phrase which was also part of its 2019 ad during the Super Bowl.

We're local too

by Lynette Sowell, Managing Editor I wrote a column several years ago about “too much information.” In this era of the world at our fingertips via smartphones, the amount of information we have coming our way is nearly limitless.

Businesses come, businesses go

By Lynette Sowell My front porch During 2019, I’ve enjoyed going through our newspaper archives from 1959, 1969, and 1979 for our weekly section called From the Vault. It’s a big year for our city – 140 years – and a big year for the newspaper -125 years, this October.

The Tan-Dark man

By Lynette Sowell My front porch   Some news makes you stop right in your tracks. That’s what I did when I got the call about Frank Seffrood early on Friday afternoon. First my reaction was, “Did I hear this right?” and then “Let’s verify this.” Which, we did. It was true.