Two Copperas Cove men arrested Wednesday for November 9 shooting

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Two Copperas Cove men have been arrested for murder in connection with a Thursday, November 9 shooting that left 17-year-old Larry Anthony Quinn Thomas dead after a single gunshot wound to the head.

Dawgs’s 23-point comeback earns final playoff spot

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press BELTON - A wild night of football landed the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs in the playoffs when things looked bleak to begin the night.

CCJHS students go wild over animal science

By ALICIA WEIKUM  Special to Leader-Press  Armadillos, bearded-dragons, and two-toed sloths roamed around the school gym as students’ faces radiated with surprise.

Bark For Life to be held at Pet Supplies Plus Saturday

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  Pet Supplies Plus is going to the dogs on Saturday, November 18 for the Relay for Life Lampasas/Copperas Cove’s Bark For Life.  The event goes from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Killeen, Browning garden clubs hold wreath-laying ceremony for Veterans day

By DAVID J. HARDIN  Cove Leader-Press  This past Saturday November 11, the Killeen Garden Club and the Browning Community Garden Club of Kempner met alongside the service road of Highway 190 near Clear Creek Road to lay a wreath at the Blue Star Memorial Marker in honor of Veterans Day.

CCISD board to swear in reelected board members

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  During tonight’s meeting of the Copperas Cove Independent School District board of trustees meeting, the board will canvass the November 7 board of trustees election, and following the canvass of the votes, will swear in the reelected trustees, Jim Copeland, Bob...

Quilts of Valor awarded to seven Veterans

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  On Thursday evening, seven veterans found themselves wrapped in hugs both literally and figuratively as they were each awarded a quilt from the Texas Patriotic Piecemakers.

Copperas Cove FFA holds 2nd annual Color Run

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press Firefighters doused participants in a light stream of water as they began Saturday’s 2nd annual FFA Color Run.  Copperas Cove’s Future Farmers of America, or FFA, hosted their 2nd annual Color Run 5k at South Park on Saturday.

28th annual Food For Families set for Friday at H-E-B Plus!

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  For the 28th year, the annual Food For Families food drive will take place at the Copperas Cove H-E-B Plus! and other H-E-B locations in nine counties throughout Texas.  The store will serve as a collection site from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Feral hogs rooting in Cove city limits

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  Some Copperas Cove residents have seen destructive, four-footed invaders on their property, and it’s not the typical deer residents are accustomed to seeing in the city.