Copperas Cove community volunteers honor MLK with cleanup event

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press    More than 1,200 pounds of trash were collected on Saturday at a community cleanup event honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Alber promoted to Deputy Chief of Police in Copperas Cove

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    The Copperas Cove Police Department held a private promotion ceremony to recognize the achievements of four officers Friday evening.  Capt.

CCISD purchases properties for future school sites

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    The Copperas Cove Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the purchase of two parcels of property, one along China Road and one along Grimes Crossing Road, during their regular meeting Tuesday evening.  The property along China Road is 26.

Cove House looks to expand

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    The Cove House Emergency Shelter, located at 108 E. Halstead Avenue, is looking to expand in the not-too-distant future.

Local students compete at Coryell County Youth Fair

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    The annual Coryell County Youth Fair kicked off this week as students from across the county dropped off their Home Economic entries to be judged on Tuesday and brought livestock such as horses, cattle, poultry, rabbits, and goats to be shown throughout the...

Copperas Cove issues vaccine survey, Bell County now local vaccination hub

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   As a vaccine for the COVID-19 is becoming available in the state of Texas, the city of Copperas Cove on Wednesday evening issued notice of a local Coronavirus (COVID‐19) Vaccine Interest Survey.

Area hospitalizations for COVID-19 remain above 20% mark, but local active cases are down

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    Hospitalizations for COVID-19 in our local Trauma Service Area have remained above the 15-percent mark since Dec. 29 and were at 22.8  percent as of Jan. 9, with greater than 1 in 5 patients locally being hospitalized with the COVID-19 virus.

Holy Family hosting child trafficking awareness event

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    The month of January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and one local church is bringing a program to Copperas Cove on Saturday, for the community to become more aware of the signs of human trafficking.

Locals must wait until COVID-19 vaccines more widely available

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    Locals in the Copperas Cove and Coryell County area who want to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, will have to continue to wait a bit longer, even if they are within the “Phase 1b” of the vaccine rollout.

Coryell County restaurants, businesses must decrease capacity to 50%

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    On Wednesday afternoon, Coryell County Judge Roger Miller issued an order that as of 11:59 p.m. Wednesday evening, all restaurants and businesses in Coryell County must reduce capacity to 50 percent, per Gov. Abbott’s Executive Order GA-32, enacted on Oct.