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.

Five Hills royalty collect for military working dogs

Special to the Leader-Press Copperas Cove Five Hills Junior Ambassador Kaydence Roberts is literally going to the dogs and she is taking her sister royalty with her.

Fire Department hosts Car Seat Safety event

PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press According to the CDC, motor vehicle injuries are a leading cause of death in children in the United States, and many of those could have been prevented through proper use of a child safety seat.

Texas Discount Automotive holds car show for a cause

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press $12,767.89.  That’s the total amount of unpaid breakfast and lunch bills incurred by Copperas Cove Independent School District students for the current 2017-2018 school year.

Art Guild holds third annual festival

By NICOLE METTS Cove Leader-Press On Friday evening and all day Saturday, the Five Hills Art Guild along with a lineup of volunteers, sponsors, artists and performers brought the arts to Copperas Cove for the third year in a row. An estimated 2,500 people attended during the two days.

Young entrepreneurs hone lemonade-making skills

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press  The Lemonade Day Fort Hood Area and Copperas Cove Chick-fil-A partnered together to show children and their parents how to make lemonade at the Little Lemon Squeezers event held Saturday morning in the outside dining area of Chick-fil-A.