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Flurry of last-day filings grows Copperas Cove city council, school board races

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press     The number of candidates running for Copperas Cove city council has now doubled to eight, with one candidate filing on Friday and three additional candidates on Monday, with filing to run for office in the Nov. 5 general election closing at 5 p.m.

From the Vault: '59, '69, '79

To commemorate the 125th year of publication of the Copperas Cove Leader-Press in 2019, every Friday the Leader-Press will share snippets from the community’s history over the past 60 years in From the Vault. 40 years ago, in the Copperas Cove Leader The Copperas Cove J.L.

Copperas Cove looking at utility rate increases totaling $5 per month

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    The Copperas Cove City Council heard from the city’s Public Works Director and discussed utility rates for water, sewer and solid waste before proposing a $2 increase to the water and sewer base rates along with a previously proposed $1 increase to the solid...

A&M Central Texas holds August graduation

By KATELYN ROBERTSON  Cove Leader-Press  Fifteen graduates from Copperas Cove were among the nearly 140 students of Texas A&M Central Texas to walk the stage at the Bell County Expo Center on Saturday to receive their degrees.

CCISD holds annual stuff the bus school supplies collection

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press Shoppers at the Copperas Cove Wal-Mart helped stuff a blue bus with school supplies during Tax-Free weekend during the fifth annual Stuff the Bus event hosted by Wal-Mart to benefit the less-fortunate students of the Copperas Cove Independent School District.