Memorial benefit brings friends, family together to remember Shelby Fletcher

By PAMELA GRANT 14-year-old Shelby Fletcher passed away in October due to a tragic ATV accident. It’s always heart-breaking for a family to deal with any loss—the loss of one so young is even more so—and the added burden of paying for the funeral costs can become overwhelming.

Knights of Columbus provide funding for students in need

Special to Leader-Press The stress of the holidays has been reduced for parents who are having to decide whether to buy Christmas gifts or school supplies for their children. The Knights of Columbus has eased the burden.

CCHS Band annual Christmas Concert set for Tuesday night

By DEBORAH KELLEY It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas around the City of Copperas Cove.   The Copperas Cove High School Bands will present their annual Christmas Concert on Tuesday, December 8 at 7 p.m. at the Lea Ledger Auditorium.

Groups gather at Civic Center for Thanksgiving benefit

By PAMELA GRANT The parking lot outside the Civic Center and the surrounding area was packed on Tuesday, and the line of people waiting to get into the Civic Center for the 21st Annual Community-Wide Thanksgiving Basket Benefit curled around the building, spilling out into the parking lot.

City to hold annual tree lighting ceremony in Park

By LYNETTE SOWELL The City of Copperas Cove’s parks department is hosting the city’s 2015 Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Thursday from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.   This year’s event has been relocated to city Park, located at 1206 West Ave.

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.