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Dinner held to honor Martin Luther King Jr.

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. died approximately 50 years ago, but many of the messages he imparted still inspire and motivate to this day. The Knights of Columbus hosted their 13th annual MLK remembrance dinner on Saturday night.

Memorial service held for Cove teen

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  Snowflakes, Jeeps, and selflessness were the themes of a memorial service held on Saturday afternoon for 16-year-old Savannah Lewis, the Copperas Cove teen who passed away on January 2 after a battle with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare childhood bone cancer.

Crossroads students close generation gap

Special to Leader-Press   As the history club of Crossroads High School exited Stoney Brook Assisted Living Center in Copperas Cove, the change was evident. Their visit with the residents changed their outlook on life and on themselves.

House Creek students learn safety from local heroes

By ASHLEY LEAGUE Special to Leader-Press     They are America’s fighting force. Military men and women are trained to keep America safe, but how do they keep themselves safe? That was the question that House Creek Elementary students asked soldiers and one local hero visiting their school.

County burn ban in effect, Central Texas in moderate drought

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Smoke could be seen for miles beyond Fort Hood Tuesday, when the Fort Hood Natural Resources Management Branch was conducting controlled burning on the southwest side of the Fort Hood range to clear out underbrush, as announced by the Fort Hood Press Center.