2nd annual Cove multicultural festival scheduled for Oct. 5

Special to Leader-Press Copperas Cove hosts its second annual multicultural festival on Saturday to boost tourism and accommodate the growing cultural diversity in the community.

Copperas Cove EDC demolishes former county annex

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  The building located at 201 S. 2nd St. has been demolished by the Copperas Cove Economic Development Corporation.  Work began on Wednesday morning to rip down the 6,100-square foot structure, which had been built in 1957.

Texas A&M-Central Texas hosts Fall Career and Internship Fair

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press  Texas A&M University Central Texas held their annual Fall Career and Internship Fair in the Bill Yowell Conference Center at the Warrior Hall Wednesday, with more than 50 employers available for students and community members to speak with.

Teens demonstrate faith at See you at the Pole

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press  Outside Copperas Cove High School, like-minded teens gathered around the flagpole to join together in prayer and song to share their faith on Wednesday morning.

Copperas Cove Homecoming King, Queen to be crowned

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press  The Copperas Cove High School Homecoming Court will take the field tonight, where three duchesses, one king and one queen will be crowned at Bulldawg Stadium during the Homecoming football game against the Ellison Eagles.

AdventHealth Central Texas holds open house at Cove and Lampasas Clinics

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press  AdventHealth Central Texas held an Open House to celebrate the acquisition of the Family Medicine Clinics in Copperas Cove and Lampasas Thursday evening.

Copperas Cove celebrates National Dance Day

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press  Saturday, people across America joined together to share their love of dance and to participate in National Dance Day.

Copperas Cove Leader-Press to celebrate 125 years

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  When William Bennett started the Copperas Cove News in 1894, the population of Copperas Cove was fewer than 500. There were no cars, no telephones, no radio, and no other means of keeping residents up to date on happenings in the community and elsewhere.

Mother uses child loss to support others

Special to Leader-Press  One in four women in the United States experience infant loss. Ms. Five Hills Lorianne Valois knows the pain all too well. Valois gave birth to a baby boy, Brady, and seven short hours later, he passed away.

Church makes more than 1,000 blankets for Rainbow Room

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press  Since 2012, more than 1,000 children in Coryell County passing through foster care system and the offices of Child Protective Services have received a special fleece blanket, made with love by the women of Gatesville’s First United Methodist Church.