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.

Congressman, area officials discuss Eliminate Digital Divide Act

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    A bipartisan piece of federal legislation introduced by Congressman Roger Williams will hopefully pave the way for all city and county residents to have access to high-speed internet in the future.

Area hospitalizations for COVID-19 rise, still below statewide average

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    Hospitalizations statewide have continued to climb steadily this week, with 5,605 hospitalized with COVID-19, making up 8.61 percent of hospitalizations.

“Frozen” Christmas parade to take place in Copperas Cove, set for Dec. 5

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    With the cancelation of the Copperas Cove Veterans Day Parade by VFW Post 8577, some Covites may wonder about the status of the Copperas Cove Christmas parade, usually held the first Saturday of December.

Blue Santa season begins

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    Cove Blue Santa will begin collecting donated toys and gifts as well as monetary donations the first weekend of November for the 2020 Christmas season.  This year marks 21 years since the Cove Blue Santa program started.

Copperas Cove neighborhoods, groups offer Halloween events

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   Although the city’s annual Fall-O-Ween Festival was cancelled, Covites still have options for celebrating, from traditional door-to-door trick or treating, trunk or treating and even Halloween events at local businesses.

KCCB, volunteers sow seeds for Make A Difference Day

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press More than 100 volunteers braved the colder weather Saturday morning to plant about 20 seed balls each which will hopefully bloom into beautiful wildflowers in the spring. The seeds were planted as part of Wildflower Planting Day and Make a Difference Day.

Copperas Cove High School transitions to remote instruction starting Oct. 28

Special to Leader-Press COPPERAS COVE, TX (October 26, 2020)—This afternoon, Copperas Cove ISD Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joe Burns sent the following information to Copperas Cove High School families.