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.

Copperas Cove Veterans’ Day parade latest event casualty of COVID-19

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    VFW Post 8577 has held an annual Veterans Day parade in Copperas Cove for more than 40 years, but this year’s event has been canceled by the post, as the request to hold the event was denied by Copperas Cove’s mayor, Bradi Diaz.

A howling good time scheduled for Saturday in Copperas Cove                            

Special to Leader-Press   Look for dogs to compete in the howling contest along with their owners, find their way through the obstacle course, jump hurdles and more all while dressed in costume after taking a walk through Copperas Cove City Park to save the lives of their fellow abandoned animals...

More than 10,000 ballots in Coryell County during first 7 days of early voting

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    Coryell County voters continue to show a strong turnout to the polls for early voting, prior to the Nov. 3 election.  A total of 10,444 have headed to either the Copperas Cove Civic Center or the Gatesville Civic Center to vote as of Wednesday.

Copperas Cove utility assistance program taking shape

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove City Council discussed and provided further direction regarding the city’s utility assistance donation program during the regular city council meeting Tuesday evening.

More than 1,000 boxes of food distributed in Copperas Cove by North Pointe

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press   North Pointe Church distributed more than 1,000 boxes of food to the public Wednesday afternoon at North Pointe Park as part of the USDA Farmers to Families program.

Copperas Cove firefighters, city officials talk with Congressman during visit

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    U.S. Congressman Roger Williams (R-25) stopped for a brief visit with Copperas Cove firefighters at the Central Fire Station Monday morning.