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Kids 0-12 years if age will have the chance to scramble for eggs and prizes at City Park on Saturday.

Kids 0-12 years if age will have the chance to scramble for eggs and prizes at City Park on Saturday.

Annual Easter Egg Roundup set for Saturday

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Tue, 04/04/2017 - 11:41
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Children ages 0-10 will have the chance to hunt for eggs at City Park’s ballfields for Copperas Cove’s annual Easter Egg Roundup on Saturday, April 8. Starting at 9 a.m.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Wendy Sledd received the Commnity Builder Award from Mt. Hiram Lodge No. 595 on Tuesday.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Wendy Sledd received the Commnity Builder Award from Mt. Hiram Lodge No. 595 on Tuesday.

Sledd receives Community Builder Award

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Fri, 03/31/2017 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press Jewell Yarborough, Deborah Shelton, Edgar Rhode, Charles Baggett, Tim Molnes, and Joe Lombardi. These are just a few names of Covites who have received the Community Builder Award from Mt. Hiram Lodge No. 595 AF & AM in Copperas Cove.
COURTESY PHOTO - Williams/Ledger Elementary principal Marla Sullivan asks students how many of them will make straight A’s on their report cards the next six weeks so they can attend Sweets with Sullivan. All 40 students in attendance raised their hands.

COURTESY PHOTO - Williams/Ledger Elementary principal Marla Sullivan asks students how many of them will make straight A’s on their report cards the next six weeks so they can attend Sweets with Sullivan. All 40 students in attendance raised their hands.

Principal’s homemade treats inspire students to achieve

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Fri, 03/31/2017 - 05:00
By EDITH NATIVIDAD Special to Leader-Press With 200 A’s, 40 students on the honor roll are being rewarded with a homemade treat straight from the top.
COUTESY PHOTO - Crime scene investigator: Hettie Halstead Elementary students improve their reading skills for the 5th grade STAAR test while working as crime scene investigators during one of the school’s Saturday STAAR Camps. STAAR testing is held at CCISD for elementary schools March 28-29.

COUTESY PHOTO - Crime scene investigator: Hettie Halstead Elementary students improve their reading skills for the 5th grade STAAR test while working as crime scene investigators during one of the school’s Saturday STAAR Camps. STAAR testing is held at CCISD for elementary schools March 28-29.

CCISD students study up at STAAR Camp

News Staff
Fri, 03/24/2017 - 05:00
Special to Leader-Press Copperas Cove students return from Spring Break to the task of taking the STAAR test at the end of March. For the last several Saturdays, CCISD schools have offered STAAR camps to help prepare students to do their best on the competency exam.

Residents meet the city in “Wizard of Oz” event

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Fri, 03/24/2017 - 05:00
By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press Residents of Copperas Cove got the chance to meet and interact with the many different departments of the city at the 8th Annual Meet the City on Wednesday afternoon.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Christy Kirkpatrick slices homemade cheesecake at Copperas Cove Nursing & Rehab’s bake sale on National Pi Day. The bake sale was held as a fundraiser for the National Alzheimer’s Association.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Christy Kirkpatrick slices homemade cheesecake at Copperas Cove Nursing & Rehab’s bake sale on National Pi Day. The bake sale was held as a fundraiser for the National Alzheimer’s Association.

Cove Nursing & Rehab Center celebrates Pi Day

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Fri, 03/17/2017 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press The fourteenth day of the third month every year has come to be known as National Pi Day and sometimes includes the consumption of pie.
Williams/Ledger Elementary kindergarten students use their “leprechaun finders” which are foam magnifying glasses to hunt for Louie, the leprechaun, and find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. – COURTESY PHOTO

Williams/Ledger Elementary kindergarten students use their “leprechaun finders” which are foam magnifying glasses to hunt for Louie, the leprechaun, and find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. – COURTESY PHOTO

Williams/Ledger students hunt for leprechauns

News Staff
Fri, 03/17/2017 - 05:00
Special to Leader-Press Kindergarten scholars at Williams/Ledger Elementary learned about the history of St. Patrick and leprechauns and were on the prowl to capture Louie, the leprechaun, before he could get away.

Residents voice water bill concerns to city council

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Fri, 03/10/2017 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press Two Copperas Cove residents came to city council to speak their piece on the water bills they’ve received since the city has installed new water meters and the utility billing is being transferred to Fathom Water Management Systems.
CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Altrusa International Inc. of Copperas Cove donated $3,000 to Copperas Cove Independent School District and presented the board of trustees with the check at Tuesday’s board meeting.

CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Altrusa International Inc. of Copperas Cove donated $3,000 to Copperas Cove Independent School District and presented the board of trustees with the check at Tuesday’s board meeting.

CCISD board approves purchases, accepts donations

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Fri, 03/10/2017 - 05:00
By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove Independent School Distrist Board of Trustees approved nearly $430,000 worth of purchases to improve district facilities, upgrade network cabling and set up Wi-Fi access points on certain campuses and enter into professional development...

City cemetery to receive maintenance from inmates

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Fri, 03/03/2017 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press A local church now has an agreement with the City of Copperas Cove that will maintain the city’s cemetery, with the help of inmates from the Texas Department of Corrections. At its Feb.