Sunday is deadline to enter Krist Kindl Charity Pageant

Special to Leader-Press    Little girls, little boys, their moms and even their grandmothers look forward to what has become a holiday tradition in Copperas Cove — the Krist Kindl Markt Charity Pageant.

VFW Post 8577 holding open house in lieu of parade

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    The Copperas Cove VFW Post #8577 hosted a small Open House on Saturday and will be hosting another Open House on Wednesday in lieu of a Veterans Day parade this year.

Copperas Cove: Construction to begin on hotly debated Business 190 median, sidewalks

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    UPDATE 11/20:  The Texas Department of Transportatin (TxDOT) announced on Friday 11/20 that the Business 190 median and sidewalks project will commence on Monday, Nov. 30.

Deans, Hart headed for runoff for Copperas Cove city council election

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    Terri Deans and Vonya Hart will be heading to a run-off election following the Nov. 3 general election for City Council Place 6.  The votes were tallied and final unofficial results were released Tuesday evening a couple hours after the polls closed.

COVID-19 cases continue to increase, seven-day positivity rate highest since Sept. 3

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    Positive COVID-19 cases have continued a steady increase in Copperas Cove and Coryell County.  The city of Copperas Cove issued its weekly update for COVID-19 cases on Monday Nov.

CCISD wraps up second six weeks of classes, high school set to reopen Monday

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    As of Friday, Oct.

Copperas Cove headed for runoff election for city council Place 6, incumbent out of the race

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   A four-way race for Copperas Cove city council Place 6 has been trimmed to two candidates as of tonight. With the final unofficial results in from Coryell County Election Administrator Justin Carothers shortly before 9 p.m.

One Copperas Cove city council race, special election on the line

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    Coryell County turned out to the tune of more than 19,000 during three weeks of early voting which took place Oct. 13-30 – 19,218 ballots cast, to be exact.

Local Lemonade Day Entrepreneur is first runner-up at national contest

Special to Leader-Press    Copperas Cove Five Hills Ambassador Kaydence Roberts has big plans for her business. Having raised more than $40,000 in cash and supplies for the Copperas Cove animal shelter with money raised in part from Lemonade Day, Roberts looks to grow her business each year.

Coryell County COVID-19 cases up by 61 since Oct. 23, now at 858, active cases up to 162

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Over the weekend, COVID-19 cases in the state of Texas surpassed the 900,000 mark, climbing to 904,855 as of Sunday afternoon. Active cases number an estimated 102,769, with 18,077 fatalities. Hospitalizations for COVID-19 statewide numbered 10.