VFW Post 8577 holding open house in lieu of parade

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    The Copperas Cove VFW Post #8577 hosted a small Open House on Saturday and will be hosting another Open House on Wednesday in lieu of a Veterans Day parade this year.

3rd Annual Junior Homecoming Dance to benefit homeless students

Special to Leader-Press   With Copperas Cove High School’s annual homecoming set for November 20, children ages 2-12 can dance the afternoon away with a homecoming dance of their own on Saturday, Nov. 7.

Howl-o-Ween Puppy Pawlooza raises more than $11,000 in supplies and funds for animal shelter

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    The Copperas Cove City Park went to the dogs on Saturday during the sixth annual Howl-O-Ween Puppy Pawlooza hosted by the Five Hills Scholarship Pageant.

Texas Longhorns Return to Copperas Cove

By MISCHA BAEZA Special to Leader-Press    After nearly a century and a half, the first of a growing herd of Texas Longhorns have returned to Copperas Cove, or more specifically to the historic Powell Ranch located on the western edge of the city limits west of Bea Powell Road.

Blue Santa season begins

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    Cove Blue Santa will begin collecting donated toys and gifts as well as monetary donations the first weekend of November for the 2020 Christmas season.  This year marks 21 years since the Cove Blue Santa program started.

Copperas Cove neighborhoods, groups offer Halloween events

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   Although the city’s annual Fall-O-Ween Festival was cancelled, Covites still have options for celebrating, from traditional door-to-door trick or treating, trunk or treating and even Halloween events at local businesses.

KCCB, volunteers sow seeds for Make A Difference Day

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press More than 100 volunteers braved the colder weather Saturday morning to plant about 20 seed balls each which will hopefully bloom into beautiful wildflowers in the spring. The seeds were planted as part of Wildflower Planting Day and Make a Difference Day.

A howling good time scheduled for Saturday in Copperas Cove                            

Special to Leader-Press   Look for dogs to compete in the howling contest along with their owners, find their way through the obstacle course, jump hurdles and more all while dressed in costume after taking a walk through Copperas Cove City Park to save the lives of their fellow abandoned animals...

More than 1,000 boxes of food distributed in Copperas Cove by North Pointe

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press   North Pointe Church distributed more than 1,000 boxes of food to the public Wednesday afternoon at North Pointe Park as part of the USDA Farmers to Families program.

Local family opens farm with hayrides, petting zoo

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    Located off F.M. 116 just south of Copperas Cove, Reyna’s Ark offers an affordable option for families to have some fall-themed fun with hayrides and a petting zoo.  Reyna’s Ark is owned and operated by Reni and Brooklyn Reyna.