CCJHS student to facilitate elite leadership academy

Special to Leader-Press  Some students get out of school for the summer not knowing exactly how they will spend their time. That is not the case for Ariel Draper. She heads back for the fourth consecutive year to the Lone Star Leadership Academy. However this time, she is no longer the student.

Celebration held to commemorate liberation of Northern Mariana Islands

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press  More than 100 people showed up despite on-and-off thunderstorms for the 74th Liberation of the Northern Mariana Islands Anniversary Celebration hosted by Islan Marianas, Inc.

Grandmother-grandson duo to race in 50th state next week

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  After four years, more than 225 miles on foot, and thousands of miles by car and plane, a grandmother and grandson will have raced in all 50 states together.

Kicking it at the library

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press  KIAP! The young martial artists shouted as they struck wooden boards with their hands and feet, bits of boards splintering as each snapped their board neatly in two.

CCISD board to propose tax rates, call for September 8 tax ratification election

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  The Copperas Cove Independent School District board of trustees will hold a special meeting on Monday, July 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the CCISD administration board room, located at 408 S. Main St.

Cove Nursing & Rehab holds cookout, patriotic shirt contest

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  The day before the 4th of July, Copperas Cove Nursing & Rehabilitation Center got a little festive with a cookout and a patriotic shirt contest.  The Tuesday afternoon event was open to residents, their families and guests, along with the public.

VFW post holds bell ringing ceremony

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press  As Americans, it’s important to remember our origins, and continuing the tradition of celebrating the day the finished version of the Declaration of Independence was adopted is one way of doing so.

Local youth participate in missions trip

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press  Nearly 30 youth and adults from Copperas Cove’s Grace United Methodist Church made their way to Hobbs, New Mexico for the 2018 Central Texas Conference Youth in Mission, or CTCYM, mission trip to serve God and the local community, just weeks after school let...

Service members’ sacrifices remembered for Independence Day

Special to Leader-Press  FORT HOOD — Teen Miss Five Hills Carleigh Ross reached for each combat boot, handling them gently from the military trucks as she and other members of the Five Hills royalty helped memorialize more than 7,000 service members who have lost their lives  since 9-11.

Coryell Memorial reopens, cause of explosion still “undetermined”

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  One week after an explosion rocked Coryell Memorial Hospital, the county’s public medical facility and complex is resuming the business of caring for patients.  On Saturday, the hospital opened for urgent care and the emergency room opened on Sunday.