Five Hills royalty get down and dirty to support soldiers with PTSD, Sex Trafficking Victims

Special to Leader-Press   Senior Ms. Five Hills Dawn Hale spent 8 years as a combat communications specialist in the U.S. Army during Operation Desert Storm. She personally understands the mental and emotional toll that combat can take on members of the U. S. military.

Copperas Cove woman celebrates 100th birthday

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    Estelle “Sissy” Lovejoy Newton celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday, with some extra help from friends and family who sent dozens of cards in lieu of a party.  She was born on November 15, 1920 on what is now Fort Hood and grew up in Pidcoke.

Local garden club celebrates Veterans Day with ceremony

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    Members of the Browning Community Garden Club and Killeen Garden Club gathered at the Blue Star Memorial Highway marker on Wednesday in honor of Veterans Day.

Sunday is deadline to enter Krist Kindl Charity Pageant

Special to Leader-Press    Little girls, little boys, their moms and even their grandmothers look forward to what has become a holiday tradition in Copperas Cove — the Krist Kindl Markt Charity Pageant.

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.