Mt. Hiram awards Golden Trowel

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press  The Mt. Hiram Masonic Lodge #595 of Copperas Cove recognized member Clarence Page for his dedication to the lodge and community with the Golden Trowel Award on Tuesday evening.

Police participate in Special Olympics torch run

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press Officers with the Copperas Cove Police Department and other members of the community showed their support for Special Olympics Texas on Monday morning. Starting at 10 a.m.

Copperas Cove student to be remembered today

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  A memorial service is scheduled for today at 5 p.m.

Royalty bring multi-cultural festival to Cove

Special to the Leader-Press  The Philippines, Guam, Samoa, Germany, Korea, Italy, and Mexico. These are just a handful of the countries expected to be represented at the inaugural Copperas Cove Multi-Cultural Festival scheduled Sept. 22 at Ogletree Gap Park.

More than 100 rabbits compete at festival show on Saturday

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press What would Rabbit Fest be without a Rabbit Show?  The Hares and Hounds 4-H Club brought back the rabbit show for its fourth annual year. Approximately 130 rabbits, in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors competed in Saturday’s competition.

Manning honored among Girl Scouts Women of Distinction

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press The Girl Scouts of Central Texas honored five women and one workplace at the 26th annual Women of Distinction dinner Thursday evening at the Killeen Civic and Conference Center.

Rabbit Fest 2018 salutes decades of tradition

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  The 38th annual Rabbit Fest is now in the history books, with the rains holding off until Sunday morning. This year’s festival began with an opening ceremony on Thursday evening that hailed to the festival’s roots.

Three county races to be decided in today’s runoff election

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  A total of 2,238 voters cast their votes during last week’s early voting for today’s runoff election.  Of those voters, a mere 364 voted in Copperas Cove, with 1,328 voting in Gatesville, and the remainder of the votes – 546 – being mail-in ballots.

Local preteen named Fort Hood Area Lemonade Day Entrepreneur of the Year

Special to the Leader-Press 1,400-plus students learning the Lemonade Day curriculum, 200-plus hosting stands, one Fort Hood Area Entrepreneur of the Year.

JROTC cadets fly CH47 and Blackhawk simulators

Special to Leader-Press Five Copperas Cove High School JROTC cadets took to the skies of Central Texas and learned what it is like to be at the helm of multi-million dollar aircraft thanks to a partnership between the local school district and Fort Hood.