Five Hills royalty fill roles at Lemonade Day Gala

Special to Leader-Press  Fort Hood Area Lemonade Day celebrated 10 sweet years of success and the Copperas Cove Five Hills royalty enjoyed every minute of the gala recognizing this achievement.

Immanuel Lutheran celebrates 125 years

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press  Known to some as the Church at the Mountain with a Cross, Immanuel Lutheran Church, celebrated their 125th anniversary this Sunday. To celebrate 125 years, the church will be holding four 125th anniversary services in 2019.

Second candidate files for April 27 mayoral election

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  Ron Nelson filed on Thursday to run in the April 27 special election for Copperas Cove mayor.  Nelson is a software developer with more than 25 years of experience in a variety of roles, including programmer, technical team lead, and VP of IT Engineering.

Chamber announces Cotter as new board chair, Menard as new president

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  The Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual banquet with a Roaring Twenties murder mystery dinner, recognized businesses and individuals, and announced new faces to two top positions of the organization.  Jennifer Cotter with H-E-B Plus!

Copperas Cove eighth graders get “sneak peek” at high school

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press  Incoming freshmen filled the old Copperas Cove High School gym on Monday and Tuesday morning as eighth graders from S.C. Lee Junior High and Copperas Cove Junior High campuses attended the annual Sneak Peek at the Dawg House.

Ace Dental opens newest location in Copperas Cove

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  Dr. Aditi Gupta and her husband, A.C., have opened the newest location of Ace Dental of Texas, in Copperas Cove.  The new dental offices held a ribbon cutting on Monday morning with the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce and its ambassadors.

Art Guild unveils mural at library

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press  Dozens of residents met in the newly renovated Copperas Cove Public Library on Tuesday afternoon to see the unveiling of the new mural by the Five Hills Art Guild.

Optimist Club of Copperas Cove celebrates organization’s 100th year

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Optimist Club of Copperas Cove held a celebration 100 years in the making at the club’s thrift store in Cove Terrace Shopping Center on Friday morning.

Artists come together for opening First Friday of the year

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   Dozens gathered at Frames And Things in the Cove Terrace Shopping Center for the first First Friday Art After Dark of the year Friday evening.

Cove queen lands role on Nickelodeon, asked to write children’s book

Special to Leader-Press   While many students are studying for the STAAR test next month, Junior Miss Five Hills Dorianna Gilbert has another big deadline ahead—the first draft of the children’s book she is writing.