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Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors wait with Dr. Daniel Caraveo to cut the ribbon on Benchmark’s offices located in the 5 Hills Shopping Plaza. Benchmark moved to the facility in February after practicing in cove for more than five years.

Chamber celebrates Benchmark ribbon cutting

News Staff

Tue, 09/16/2014 - 05:00

By DAVID MORRIS One week they are celebrating a ground breaking within the city limits, the next, the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce is cutting ribbons celebrating the successes with Benchmark Dentistry located in the 5 Hills Shopping Plaza.

The Pride of Cove Band showcased two thirds of their contest show Tuesday.

CCISD puts on spectacular show

News Staff

Fri, 09/12/2014 - 05:00

By DAVID MORRIS More than 500 students from Copperas Cove Independent School district found their way to Bulldawg Stadium Tuesday evening, performing as part of the annual Spirit Spectacular show where the accent pieces to the Bulldawgs Friday night football games became the spotlight for two...

Council canvasses votes from runoff

News Staff

Fri, 09/12/2014 - 05:00

By DAVID MORRIS Less than a week after the polls closed, Copperas Cove City Council members Frank Seffrood, Jim Schmitz and Mark Peterson joined Mayor John Hull and City Manager Andrea Gardner inside the council chambers Monday to canvass the returns for the runoff election between Azeita...

Gatesville to hold Spur Fest set for tomorrow

News Staff

Fri, 09/12/2014 - 05:00

By LYNETTE SOWEL The 2014 Gatesville Chamber of Commerce Spurfest will be held in Gatesville’s Faunt Le Roy Park tomorrow, beginning at 7 a.m. with a 5K Zombie Infused Totally Confused Obstacle Course. Other events include the 2014 Miss Coryell County Spurfest Pageant beginning at 10 a.m.

EDC to hold Lunch and Learn Friday

News Staff

Tue, 09/09/2014 - 09:13

By DAVID MORRIS The Copperas Cove Economic Development Corporation, partnering with the Chamber of Commerce will host their monthly Lunch and Learn workshop Friday sharing the 21 trends for the 21st century.

April Fitzgerald serves up eggs at Saturday’s flapjack fundraiser held by the Rotary Club at Applebees on Saturday.

Rotary Club raises nearly $1,000 at pancake breakfast

News Staff

Tue, 09/09/2014 - 09:10

By LYNETTE SOWELL Hungry diners lined up at Applebees on Saturday morning, but they weren’t expecting hamburgers or hot wings. Instead, they came ready to eat breakfast and raise funds to help the Copperas Cove Rotary Club fund its service projects.

Nellie Twilleager enjoys spending time with her grandson, Eric Heriford, at Friday’s Grandparents Day Lunch at Halstead Elementary.

Halstead celebrates Grandparents’ Day

News Staff

Tue, 09/09/2014 - 09:09

By LYNETTE SOWELL A steady flow of grandmas and grandpas made their way to Halstead Elementary’s cafeteria on Friday as the campus celebrated the special relationship between grandparents and grandchildren.

Joshua Bishop and Francisco Quinones work on games they are creating as students in Copperas Cove High School’s Advanced Video Game Design III class.

CCISD students prepping for tech world with games

News Staff

Fri, 09/05/2014 - 05:00

By WENDY SLEDD Big Freegin’ Lizard, line of sight, behind-thewall scanner, rifle, shotgun, sub-machine guns, and a sniper. These are just a few of the resources that players can utilize in the video game, Caper of Criminal Cove, created by Tristan Underwood.

City offering food handlers course

News Staff

Fri, 09/05/2014 - 05:00

By LYNETTE SOWELL With school in session and various booster and volunteer groups involved in fund raising efforts— often involving food—the city of Copperas Cove will begin offering volunteer food handler classes.

City holding disaster prep screening

News Staff

Fri, 09/05/2014 - 05:00

By LYNETTE SOWELL Disaster can strike communities with sometimes little to no warning, and the City of Copperas Cove is hoping to help residents prepare themselves for a disaster .