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Stripes Stores holding in-store fundraiser

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Fri, 09/18/2015 - 05:00
Stripes® Convenience Stores has announced its alliance with the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital to help kids with cancer.

Mae Stevens toddlers learn about fire safety

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Fri, 09/18/2015 - 05:00
By BRANDY PETTY   School has just begun, but teachers and staff at Mae Stevens Early Learning Academy have gradually been incorporating fire safety in the classroom in preparation for the monthly fire drill.

Star Group VHV to hold health fair Saturday

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Tue, 09/15/2015 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL   Star Group – Veterans Helping Veterans is hosting its second annual free health fair on Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon at the Copperas Cove Civic Center located at 1206 W Avenue B. Dr.

Noon Exchange Club donates $500 to Boys & Girls Club

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Fri, 09/11/2015 - 05:00
The Noon Exchange Club of Copperas Cove met on August 28 at Lil Tex Restaurant. President Dennis Ayres called the meeting to order. Club Member Bill Minton offered the invocation and Marylyn Bell led the Pledge of Allegiance. Board Member Norma Crawford announced birthdays and anniversaries.

Local flower and gift shop keeps up homecoming tradition

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Fri, 09/11/2015 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press The mum, a longstanding tradition for Texas high school homecomings, is said to have started in the 1950s. At one time, The Daisy flower shop in Copperas Cove would make as many as 1,200 homecoming mums during the fall.

Orders set for general, special election

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Tue, 09/08/2015 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL   The order of ballot is now set for the special election for place 3 on the Copperas Cove city council. On Friday morning, city secretary Mariela Altott oversaw the order of ballot drawing at her office. Both Dan Yancey and Michael L.

Local 40 and 8 chapter donates supplies to two CCISD campuses

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Tue, 09/08/2015 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL   On Friday morning, a pickup truck loaded with school supplies pulled up in front of the Fairview- Jewell Elementary School main entrance, and members of Copperas Cove’s 40/8 Locale 266 began unloading boxes and carrying them into the building.

Kids pose with the Law Enforcement Explorer cadets and Cow

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Fri, 09/04/2015 - 05:00
Kids pose with the Law Enforcement Explorer cadets and Cow at Wednesday night’s Kids Club at the Copperas Cove Chick-fil-A. Wednesday’s two-hour event with a Heroes theme was the first monthly gathering for the free club. The next Kids Club night is October 7.