Martin Walker teachers turn gloomy weather into fun reading, science lessons

Writing blew in from the east as science and reading sprinkled over first graders at Martin Walker Elementary as they used the book, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, by Judi Barrett to fill their brains with knowledge.

Living wax museum sets elementary students on career paths

With the push of a button, inventors, video game creators, doctors, teachers, engineers, and dancers lining the main hallway of Clements/Parsons Elementary School came to life sharing the passion for their careers.

Food For Families food drive gathers thousands of pounds of food

By LYNETTE SOWELL   Three local agencies, My Brother’s House food pantry, Baptist Benevolence and Cove House will each be receiving a little more than 20,000 pounds of food each after Friday’s day-long food drive at the Copperas Cove H-E-B Plus!.

Morris holds town hall style meeting, shares floor with county candidates

By LYNETTE SOWELL   With early voting kicking off yesterday for the run-off election for Copperas Cove city council place 1, candidate David Morris chose Saturday as the day to make another public effort to get the word out about his vision for Copperas Cove and held an open...

CTC Fine Arts presents concert violinist Jennifer Jackson

Special to Leader-Press   The Central Texas College (CTC) Fine Arts department will host its fall semester guest artist performance on Monday, November 23. Featured artist is violinist Jennifer Morette Jackson. Accompanying Jackson on piano will be Elizabeth Palko, CTC staff accompanist.

Intro to loom weaving taught at library

By PAMELA GRANT Wednesday night, the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) hosted its monthly medieval class in the Copperas Cove Public Library’s meeting room. The class, taught by Mike Call (SCA name Mihály Takács), worked to teach participants the basics of loom weaving.

Mayor, councilmen to be sworn in tonight

By LYNETTE SOWELL Today at 5 p.m., the Copperas Cove city council will be swearing its newest members, along with Copperas Cove’s new mayor, during its workshop meeting. The workshop and the regular meeting to follow at 6 p.m.

Seventeen file for March primary election

By LYNETTE SOWELL March 1 is still more than three months away, but on Saturday, the opening day of filing for candidates in the Republican and Democratic parties, a total of 17 filed to run on the Republican ticket in the March 1, 2016 primary.

H-E-B serves breakfast to veterans and their families

By LYNETTE SOWELL Copperas Cove’s H-E-B Plus! served up a free pancake breakfast for veterans and their families on Wednesday for Veterans Day, and also as part of the store’s corporate initiative, Operation Appreciation.

CCISD Students Honor Veterans

Williams/Ledger Elementary School in Copperas Cove honored veterans on Tuesday with their adopted military unit from Fort Hood, 1-82 Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, posting the school’s colors.