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Exchange Club holds annual Feast of Sharing

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press The Noon Exchange Club and the City of Copperas Cove hosted the 20th annual Feast of Sharing Thursday evening at the Copperas Cove Civic Center, serving several hundreds of people.

Star Group – VHV distributes 400 baskets within local community

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  The season of giving thanks and reaching out to help locals in need was in full swing at the headquarters of Star Group – Veterans Helping Veterans on Saturday morning, as the volunteer community service organization distributed more than 400 bags filled with...

FATHOM president returning for public forum

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   A little more than two months after his last trip to Copperas Cove, Jason Bethke, the President and Chief Growth Officer for FATHOM Water Systems, will be paying another visit.

Cove Jack in the Box razed to pave way for sale

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   After Jack In the Box, Inc. confirmed in September that it would not be reopening the Copperas Cove store, this week locals saw activity at the location of the former fast food restaurant.

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.

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.