Copperas Cove residents receive questionable bulk mailer, Cedar Park addressee mum on company details

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    Copperas Cove residents and business owners have received nondescript bulk mailers on Wednesday, from a questionable source giving a Cedar Park address.

Abbott reopens most of state to 75%, nursing homes may allow visitors

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    On Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott announced that the phased reopening of the state of Texas is resuming, in areas where hospitalizations for COVID-19 make up less than 15 percent of all hospitalizations in the state trauma service areas.

Covites part of cast and crew in upcoming VLA production

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    Several Copperas Cove residents are cast members and will be on stage this weekend and next for the Vive Les Arts Theatre’s production of the musical “Into the Woods”.

Local community, TDCJ active COVID-19 cases drop

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    The majority of the active positive confirmed COVID-19 cases among inmates housed at Texas Department of Criminal Justice correctional facilities in Coryell County have dropped, after a spike in numbers during the past two weeks.

Hospitalizations, active COVID-19 cases down statewide, but prison units in Coryell County continue to spike new cases

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    The majority of the active positive confirmed COVID-19 cases within Coryell County are not found among its residents at large, but within two of the six Texas Department of Criminal Justice correctional facilities in Coryell County, which continue to see a...

Copperas Cove ISD trustees discuss future facility planning

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    The Copperas Cove Independent School District board of trustees held a workshop meeting last Friday evening to discuss facility and infrastructure needs due to the population growth in areas of the district.

Former Ches’s location in Copperas Cove demolished to make way for Lone Star Suds

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    Copperas Cove will be getting a new option for car washes with the upcoming construction of Lone Star Suds at the former location of Ches’s Restaurant at 1807 E. Business 190.

Copperas Cove ISD gets $1 million federal grant to meet students’ learning needs during pandemic

By WENDY SLEDD Special to Leader-Press   Copperas Cove ISD will get a boost of more than $1 million as a result of the pandemic and Cove students will be the beneficiaries. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, commonly referred to as the CARES Act, earmarks $30.

CCISD board of trustees discuss enrollment numbers and facilities

By Brittany Fholer  Cove Leader-Press   Rick Kirkpatrick and Superintendent Dr. Joe Burns led a discussion on the district’s enrollment numbers, facilities and infrastructure needs during a workshop Friday evening.

4th Annual Teen Suicide Prevention Walk slated for Saturday

Special to Leader-Press    Lexi Butler knows all too well how easy it is for a person, especially a teenager, to spiral into a depression and have difficulty finding her way out of the darkness.