Copperas Cove Scholarship Pageant takes the stage on Saturday

Special to the Leader-Press  Big Dreams Under the Big Top is the theme of this year’s Copperas Cove’s Five Hills Scholarship Pageant, presented by Manning Homes and sponsored by VFW Post #8577.

Council consensus: decrease Civic Center rental fees

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  The Copperas Cove city council held another discussion at Tuesday’s night city council meeting regarding the Copperas Cove Civic Center rental fees.

City council takes no action on EDC’s performance agreements

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  The council held an executive session during its four-hour meeting on Tuesday evening, during which it deliberated on two performance agreements submitted to the council by the Copperas Cove Economic Development Corporation.

Altrusa, American Red Cross hold blood drive

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press By donating your blood, you are potentially giving someone the gift of life. Blood is something that is a constant need.

KTMPO holding public forums for transportation plan

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  Residents of Copperas Cove will have the opportunity to comment on the recently approved draft of the Killeen-Temple Metropolitan Planning Organization’s four-year Transportation Improvement Plan, or TIP.

KTMPO holding public forums for transportation plan

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  Residents of Copperas Cove will have the opportunity to comment on the recently approved draft of the Killeen-Temple Metropolitan Planning Organization’s four-year Transportation Improvement Plan, or TIP.

Young writer sees Ogletree Gap essay published in state magazine

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  The city of Copperas Cove turns 139 this weekend, and an essay about its “birthplace” – Ogletree Gap – was recently published in the Texas Historian magazine, a statewide publication that helps recognize the work of Texas students.

VFW Post 8577 donates bingo proceeds to CCPD

By Brittany Fholer Cove Leader-Press The Olan Forest Smith VFW Post 8577 used proceeds from their bingo games to purchase much needed equipment and items that they donated to the Copperas Cove Police Department at the bingo game held Tuesday evening.

Large agenda lineup for council meeting

LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  The Copperas Cove city council will hold its second regular meeting for the month of March this evening at 6 p.m. in the council chambers, located in the city’s Technology Center, located at 508 S. 2nd St.

Cove alum overcomes health setbacks to earn second doctorate degree

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  For many pursuing a career in academia, earning that elusive doctorate degree only happens once.