Coryell County COVID-19 number reporting hiccups due to state backlog

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    Between June 1 and June 26, Coryell County has seen a total of 46 confirmed positive cases of the COVID-19 virus.

Copperas Cove city council holding workshop Thursday to discuss proposed utility rate increases

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Copperas Cove utility customers could see rate increases for some of the city’s utility services, starting Oct. 1.

Copperas Cove’s COVID-19 numbers not surging like state average, but inching higher

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press      With a strong surge in confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in Bell and McLennan Counties, Coryell County along with the city of Copperas Cove have seen a continued creep upward in numbers, but haven’t seen the surge as in other counties and other hot spots in...

One Copperas Cove H-E-B partner with confirmed positive test, last in the store on June 16

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   H-E-B announced via a press release on its website dated Friday, June25, that a partner who was confirmed positive for COVID-19 was last in the Copperas Cove H-E-B Plus! on Tuesday, June 16.

County voting centers ready for early voting next week

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    Texas voters head to the polls starting next week for the March 3 Primary runoff election, which had been postponed from its original runoff date of May 26.

Second man arrested in connection with June 15 Copperas Cove shooting

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    A second man was arrested on Tuesday by Copperas Cove police in connection with a June 15 shooting that left one man injured and another man dead at an apartment triplex in the 400 block of North 7th Street.

Coryell County judge eyes other local orders as neighboring county COVID-19 cases jump

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    On Thursday morning, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced the state was pausing any future phases to reopen due to the recent increase in hospitalizations and spike of positive COVID-19 cases statewide.

CCISD students participating in summer enrichment groups

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    Copperas Cove Independent School District currently has 60 students enrolled in its Summer Enrichment Groups program, which launched last week.

Juneteenth walk held in Gatesville

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    Dozens of people gathered to march at the First Baptist Church in Gatesville Friday morning, to honor Juneteenth but also to come together as a community.

Five Hills royalty celebrate Juneteenth through Waco parade

Special to Leader-Press    The Declaration of Independence states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.