November 6 election filing period ends Monday

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  The filing period for a place on the ballot in the November 6 election ends Monday, and as of this week, the number of candidates filing to run for Copperas Cove city council and mayor has risen to seven.

CCISD cuts ribbon for new transportation facility

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  The Copperas Cove Independent School District cut the ribbon on Monday to officially celebrate the opening of its new transportation center, located at 455 Summers Rd.  Gary Elliott, CCISD’s director of transportation, did the honors by cutting the ribbon after...

Bulldog groups hold 5th annual Central Texas Bully picnic

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press  The rain cleared just in time for dozens of American Bully breed dogs and their owners to converge on Ogletree Gap Saturday afternoon for the Central Texas Bully Picnic, hosted by Ray Berkitt of Almighty Bullyz.

First-year Halstead teacher gets classroom makeover

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Halstead Elementary School second grade teacher Katherine Barker walked into a surprise on Thursday morning when she entered her classroom.

Annual Stuff the Bus brings in more than $33,000 in school supplies

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press  The 4th annual Stuff the Bus started off with a ribbon cutting and cheer from Wal-Mart employees Friday morning in front of the blue Copperas Cove Independent School District activity bus waiting to be loaded with school supplies.

Couple ties the knot at Waffle Cone

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  Copperas Cove’s Waffle Cone in Cove Terrace Shopping Center has been the site of many celebrations that include ice cream, but this week the ice cream shop hosted a different celebration altogether – a wedding.

An ocean away, Copperas Cove native serves in U.S. Navy, lives in Europe, supports NATO mission

Special to Leader-Press ROTA, Spain – A 2006 Copperas Cove High School graduate and Copperas Cove, Texas, native is serving our country in the Navy, living on the coast of Spain, and participating in a critical NATO ballistic missile defense (BMD) mission while assigned to the guided-missile...

Council sets Oct. 2 as date for Business 190 median decision

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  In front of a crowd that left a handful of vacant seats on Tuesday evening, the Copperas Cove city council decided in a 5-1 vote to decide at its Oct. 2 meeting whether or not to go forward with the Business 190 median project.

Pride of Cove Band gears up for 2018-19 season

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press The Pride of Cove Marching Band can be heard practicing by residents who live near the high school, as students practice their marching and movement as one group.  Freshman band members began training for the 2018-2019 school year on July 30.

CCISD Stuff the Bus gets jumpstart from Five Hills royalty

Special to Leader-Press When you multiply 14 titleholders each with five collection boxes partnering with local businesses, the end result is hundreds of school supplies collected in advance of  CCISD’s 4th Annual Stuff the Bus event scheduled Aug. 10-12.