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Kempner VFD holds annual auction

david_morris
Mon, 03/05/2018 - 20:46
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press Every year in March, the Kempner Volunteer Fire Department holds its annual barbecue and auction event with proceeds going towards purchasing new firefighting equipment for the department.

Police serve search warrant at local business for illegal gambling

david_morris
Mon, 03/05/2018 - 20:42
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  Officers with the Copperas Cove Police Department and the Bell County Organized Crime Unit served a search warrant at The Parlor at Five Hills, located at Suite 3 of 181 W. Bus. on Friday.  In a press release issued by the CCPD on Friday, Sgt.

Pruitt holds meet and greet at Ches’s

david_morris
Mon, 03/05/2018 - 20:40
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  Jeremy Pruitt, one of four candidates for the office of Coryell County District Clerk, took the opportunity on Friday to connect with voters one more time ahead of today’s primary election. He held an informal gathering at Ches’s in Copperas Cove.

Five Hills Art Festival signs go up

david_morris
Mon, 03/05/2018 - 20:38
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  Tall directional signs were put up on Friday around Copperas Cove, all pointing the way toward City Park, the location of the Five Hills Art Guild’s 3rd annual Five Hills Art Festival on March 16-17.

Primary election day today

david_morris
Mon, 03/05/2018 - 20:37
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  A total of 3,361 voters cast their votes during early voting for the Republican and Democratic primary elections in Coryell County ahead of today’s primary.

Burns talks finances, safety at State of the District

david_morris
Mon, 03/05/2018 - 20:36
By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press  Finances and safety were two of the main topics of discussion during the annual Copperas Cove Independent School District’s State of the District Luncheon held Thursday afternoon at the Copperas Cove Civic Center.  Superintendent Dr.

Coryell Commissioners hear annual traffic stop reports

david_morris
Thu, 03/01/2018 - 21:15
By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press  The Coryell County Commissioners’ Court received the results of the Coryell County Sheriff’s Office 2017 report concerning traffic stop racial profiling information during their meeting held Monday morning.

Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery welcomes The Wall That Heals

david_morris
Thu, 03/01/2018 - 21:15
Special to the Leader-Press It is with great honor that the Texas Veterans Land Board will host The Wall That Heals, a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, along with a mobile Education Center, at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, from March 8 — 11.