Parks & Rec holding town hall meeting Wednesday

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press Copperas Cove residents are invited to attend a Parks & Recreation town hall meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 5:30 p.m. at the Copperas Cove Civic Center, located at 1206 W. Ave. B. The meeting is the first quarterly meeting of 2018, with the department having...

K-FH Regional Airport reps hold public meeting in Cove

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press  Copperas Cove residents gave their input, asked questions and learned about the Master Plan for the Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport at one of three public meetings in the area, held Thursday at the Technology Center on S. 2nd St.  The meeting began with...

K-FH Regional Airport reps hold public meeting in Cove

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press  Copperas Cove residents gave their input, asked questions and learned about the Master Plan for the Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport at one of three public meetings in the area, held Thursday at the Technology Center on S. 2nd St.  The meeting began with...

House Creek students learn the art of conversation with fruit salad

By ASHLEY LEAGUE Special to Leader-Press Being bundled up inside the house with your family due to unseasonably cold weather in Texas was a perfect opportunity for House Creek Elementary students to use skills they learned recently  through their “friendship fruit salad” assignment.

Copperas Cove school district to host regional DECA Conference

Special to Leader-Press  Copperas Cove High School DECA students are ready to compete Saturday morning and put their skills to the test at the DECA 5 District Conference, which draws more than 1,200 students. Fewer than 500 will advance to the state contest held in Dallas in February.

Police seek suspects in burglary, assault

Special to Leader-Press  On Tuesday at approximately 9:30 PM, Copperas Cove Police were dispatched to the 2100 block of Terrace Drive in reference to a burglary of a habitation where an assault occurred.  Upon arrival, the victim told officers that he heard a knock on the door and went to answer it.

Cove man out on bond for murder arrested for sexual assault

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  A 23-year-old Copperas Cove man out on bond for a charge of murder in Bell County now finds himself behind bars again, this time for charges of sexual assault of a child.  Matthew Stoddard was arrested on January 9.

Cove teachers, student capture district VFW honors, advance to state

Special to Leader-Press It won’t be completely unfamiliar territory this Saturday in Belton, although the stakes have gotten higher for two Copperas Cove ISD teacher and high school student.

Community participates in 20th annual MLK Unity Walk

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press Members of the community banded together, singing songs of unity and equality as they made their way down FM 116 on Monday afternoon.

City council, chamber hash over ordinance regarding activities licensing agreement

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce members and supporters along with chamber board members and staff turned out en masse for Tuesday’s Copperas Cove city council workshop.