City holds annual Fall-o-Ween Festival

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press  Hundreds of kids dressed in a variety of creative costumes congregated Saturday evening, eagerly gathering goodies and treats from various local businesses at the annual Fall-o-Ween Festival, held at S. C. Lee Junior High School.

Cowboys Super Fans hold tailgate party at nursing home

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press Super Fans of the Dallas Cowboys visited with residents of Copperas Cove Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, bringing hot dogs and hamburgers and all the fixings as well as chips, cookies and sweet and unsweet tea for a tailgate party before the game Sunday...

Candidates in local elections answer questions

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   A total of seven candidates have their names on the Nov. 6 election ballot for the Copperas Cove city council vacancies, to include Place 1, Place 2, and mayor.

School arranges surprise reunion for military family

Special to Leader-Press  Staff Sgt. Duane Temple could not be sure exactly when he would make it back home from his overseas deployment to his family. But, he knew he wanted it to be memorable.

House Creek Elementary combats student isolation

By SABRINA RIVERA  Special to Leader-Press  Bonjour! Hola! Hujambo! Ni-Hau! Aloha! Hello!  Start With Hello Week is a movement sponsored by the Sandy Hook Promise organization which was started by loved ones and family members of the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012.

House Creek Elementary combats student isolation

By SABRINA RIVERA  Special to Leader-Press  Bonjour! Hola! Hujambo! Ni-Hau! Aloha! Hello!  Start With Hello Week is a movement sponsored by the Sandy Hook Promise organization which was started by loved ones and family members of the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012.

FCA area director speaks to Cadence Church

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  Alton McCallum, the area director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Heart of Texas West, paid a visit to Cadence Church in Copperas Cove on Sunday and shared how the FCA gets involved in local school districts along the I-14 corridor.

CCISD trustees approve attendance zones for Creekside Hills, give Impact Aid update

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press  The Copperas Cove Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the attendance zone for the upcoming Creekside Hills Subdivision located across from House Creek Elementary during their regular meeting held Tuesday evening.  D.R.

Coryell County, central Texas, hill country experience heavy rain, flooding

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  A cold front with a low-pressure system brought chilly temperatures and heavy rains to the Copperas Cove area, dumping as much as six to 10 inches of rain throughout Central Texas while temperatures hovered in the 40s Monday through Wednesday of this week.

Fort Hood families remember lives lost too soon

Special to Leader-Press FORT HOOD, TX- Each year in the United States, approximately one million children die shortly after birth or before they are born. The result is one in four pregnancies end in a loss.