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Allen Dees and Kaitlynn Blalock were selected by the morning club as the Youth of the year.

Club selects Youth of the Year

News Staff

Fri, 05/02/2014 - 05:00

By DAVID MORRIS Copperas Cove seniors Allen Dees and Kaitlynn Blalock were tapped as the Youth of theYear by the Morning Exchange club Wednesday while club member Mark Peterson was named the club’s All-American Volunteer.

CTC opens summer registration online Monday

News Staff

Fri, 05/02/2014 - 05:00

Central Texas College (CTC) will open online registration for summer semester classes on Monday. Returning students and new students who have completed the admissions process may then register using the WebAdvisor system on the CTC website.

Military members

News Staff

Tue, 04/29/2014 - 05:00

Military members and family wait to make their own free pizza at Domino’s Pizza in Copperas Cove at the seventh annual Military Appreciation Day Sunday. To view more please log in or subscribe to the digital edition. http://www.etypeservices.com/Copperas%20Cove%20Leader-PressID141/

Fashion show hosted by charter school successful

News Staff

Tue, 04/29/2014 - 05:00

By Tresier Williams Spring is in the air, and what better way to bring it in than with a fashion show. Cove Priority Charter school hosted its inaugural SpringFashion Show on Friday evening.

Supporters gather for the release of the Relay for Life survivors’ balloon release Saturday at the Civic Center grounds

Team Purple raises half their goal

News Staff

Tue, 04/29/2014 - 05:00

BY KERRI CHRISTENSEN 300-plus participates turned out for the annual Relay for Life race against cancer at the Copperas Cove Civic Center Saturday, gathering at the event to honor the survivors, remember lost loved ones and fight back against the disease.

Jenny Knesek

Drycleaner owner has retired after 12 years

News Staff

Fri, 04/25/2014 - 05:00

BY KERRI CHRISTENSEN For the last 12 years Jenny Knesek, owner and operator of Best Cleaners, has been serving the Copperas Cove area helping the community with alterations and dry cleaning.

Metroplex nurse Grant Sitton plants a tomato plant for the vegetable gardening April 17.

Metroplex plants vegetable garden

News Staff

Fri, 04/25/2014 - 05:00

BY KERRI CHRISTENSEN Metroplex Hospital and the Adventist Health System held a scheduled planting for a new garden located behind the hospital in Killeen leading up to Earth Day from 2-4p.m. last Thursday.

Mark Peterson, left, presents Marc Nigliazzo President of Texas A&M University Central Texas with an Exchange Club mug following his presentation Wednesday morning.

Club hears from A&M Central Texas President

News Staff

Fri, 04/25/2014 - 05:00

By DAVID MORRIS During the regular meeting when the Morning Exchange Club honored their educators of the quarter, Texas A&M University Central Texas (TAMUCT) President Marc Nigliazzo shared the history of the University along with the vision for the future for the Central Texas Campus.

Morning Exchange Club President Mary Derrick presents Joey Ellis of Aware Central Texas with a check for $500 during their Wednesday meeting.

Exchange donates to help with child abuse prevention

News Staff

Tue, 04/22/2014 - 05:00

By DAVID MORRIS. The Copperas Cove Morning Exchange Club donated $1,500 to help thwart the efforts of child abuse, donating $500 each to the Rainbow Room, Coryell County Welfare Board and the Aware Central Texas during their Wednesday morning meeting.

Eva Piper signs a book at Barnes & Noble on Saturday. Piper will return for a one-day ladies’ conference in Killeen on May 3.

Author holds book signing to offer hope

News Staff

Tue, 04/22/2014 - 05:00

By LYNETTE SOWELL. Eva Piper, author of A Walk Through the Dark, spent Saturday afternoon at the Harker Heights Barnes & Noble to sign copies of her book. Piper is the wife of Don Piper, who in January 1989 was pronounced dead at the scene of an auto accident involving a semi.