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Don’t Mess With Texas Trash-Off set for Saturday

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Mon, 04/02/2018 - 20:58
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  On Saturday, volunteers are needed to roll up their sleeves to help as Copperas Cove participates in the annual Don’t Mess With Texas Trash-Off. Silvia Rhoads, KCCB’s executive director, is hoping for a great turnout.

Cove alum lands role on NCIS Los Angeles

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Mon, 04/02/2018 - 20:56
By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  Copperas Cove High School class of 2005 alum, Andrea Bordeaux, has landed a recurring role on NCIS: Los Angeles, in the role of Special Agent Harley Hidoko.

YAC holds 4th annual Daddy/Daughter Dance

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Mon, 04/02/2018 - 20:54
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press More than 250 fathers and daughters danced the evening away, making memories and sharing the night with someone that will always be an important part of their lives.

Copperas Cove police officer holds meet and greet

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Mon, 04/02/2018 - 20:52
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  Officer Kayla Long may have been with the Copperas Cove Police Department less than two years, but she took the lead on Thursday evening by holding department’s first meet and greet for Sector N8 at the department’s community room.

City receives clean annual audit

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Mon, 04/02/2018 - 20:51
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  During a special meeting of the Copperas Cove city council on Wednesday afternoon, the council voted to accept the city’s financial audit for the fiscal year of 2016-2017, that concluded on Sept. 30, 2017.

Head Start students celebrate Easter

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Mon, 04/02/2018 - 20:51
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press Kids searched high and low to find their very own baskets full of Easter eggs. Despite the chilly, wet weather on Thursday morning, each of Copperas Cove Sunshine Head Start’s students participated in an egg hunt and even got to meet the Easter Bunny.

Dawgs fall 2-1 on walk-off single by Eagles’ Julien Jimenez

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Thu, 03/29/2018 - 21:49
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press It was a classic pitcher’s duel where neither team could take advantage of their limited opportunities until Ellison’s Julien Jimenez connected with his second RBI single of the contest for the walk-off win in the bottom of the seventh inning to win 2-1 over the...

Science circus brings explosive experiments to Halstead Elementary

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Thu, 03/29/2018 - 21:47
By SANDRA ZIEHLKE Special to Leader-Press   Children of all ages love the circus. Students and staff at Hettie Halstead Elementary were treated to a different kind of circus that had students hammering with rock-hard bananas and teachers breathing smoke out of their noses and mouths.

Cove Library director demonstrates metal workshop

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Thu, 03/29/2018 - 21:45
By J.S. SEALE Cove Leader-Press Last Wednesday evening, Copperas Cove Public Library Director Kevin Marsh used metals and mythology to bring history to life during the monthly medieval arts and sciences workshop.