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Police host National Night Out kickoff party

david_morris
Mon, 10/01/2018 - 21:53
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press  The Copperas Cove Police Department hosted its 21st annual National Night Out kickoff party downtown on Saturday from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. This year’s event had plenty for the whole family to enjoy.

Hundreds participate in 4th annual Pink Warrior Dash

david_morris
Mon, 10/01/2018 - 21:50
By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press Hundreds of pink clad men, women and children ran laps around the Copperas Cove City Park Saturday morning for the fourth annual Pink Warrior Angels Pink Warrior Dash 5K to raise awareness for breast cancer.

KTMPO holding public comment meetings for amendments to transportation plans

david_morris
Fri, 09/28/2018 - 20:57
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Representatives from the Killeen Temple Metropolitan Planning Organization will be holding a public comment forum at the Copperas Cove Police Department community room on Monday, October 1 at 12 p.m. The forum is part of a 15-day comment period on proposed...

Soldiers, CCJHS students create farm-to-table garden

david_morris
Fri, 09/28/2018 - 20:49
Special to Leader-Press   Soldiers and students worked side by side, building, digging and creating Copperas Cove Junior High’s school garden that will be used for the Farm to Table class, one of more than a dozen new electives offered at the school.

City proceeding with utility account audit

david_morris
Fri, 09/28/2018 - 20:39
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The City of Copperas Cove is presently having an external audit conducted of its utility accounts with FATHOM, which has had a contract with the city since 2016 for its utility accounts.

Cove titleholder finalist for National Lemonade Day Entrepreneur of the Year

david_morris
Mon, 09/24/2018 - 23:46
Special to Leader-Press When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. That is the motto of Briana Liles, Preteen Miss Copperas Cove Five Hills, and she has taken these words literally. On Thursday, she will learn if her perseverance has made her the best young business owner in the country.

CTC opens photography exhibit of Harvey aftermath

david_morris
Mon, 09/24/2018 - 23:33
By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  Central Texas College held a reception on Thursday afternoon to celebrate the opening of “Rockport,” an exhibit featuring the work of Austin-area photographer Elijah Barrett in the second-floor gallery of the Oveta Culp Hobby Library.