Cove man participates in Vietnam Veterans Memorial ceremony

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  During the days leading up to Veterans Day, the names of the 58,318 fallen service members whose names are inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. are read aloud.

Farmer removed from EDC director position, amid conflicting reports

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Economic Development Corporation is now without an executive director, after Marc Farmer was suddenly removed from that position as of the close of business on Wednesday, not even six months into the job, reportedly with the ultimatum—resign,...

Communities in Schools kicks off 10th annual shoe drive

Special to Leader-Press Communities in Schools (CIS) opened its 10th annual shoe drive this week in hopes of making a few Christmas wishes come true this season for students in need.

Jury finds two Killeen men guilty in 2015 Walmart parking lot shooting

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press  A Coryell County jury found Ta’Darius Davis and Terence Lee Daniel Jr., guilty on Friday in connection with the death of 24-year-old Thomas Gene Smethers after a shooting in the parking lot of the Copperas Cove Walmart on Oct. 28, 2015.

History Channel’s American Pickers returning to Texas

Special to Leader-Press  Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and their team will be returning to Texas to film episodes of the hit series American Pickers throughout the region in December 2017 and January 2018.

Shopping Around

Time for a hypothetical, one in which hopefully none of the names I made up match anything real. Suppose, for a second, that you’re in the market for a new truck. It needs to be something powerful enough that it can haul trailers and cargo without flinching since you’ll likely be using it for work.

Confessions of a (formerly) ignorant voter

Pull up a chair on my porch and hear my confession: I’m not the same voter I was seven years ago.  I was a run-of-the-mill, garden-variety, busy-wife-mom-and-career-woman voter.

City council to hold first public hearing on parking ordinance changes

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove city council is holding two public hearings this evening, the first on a proposed amendment to the 2016-2017 fiscal year budget, and the second for revisions to the city’s code where it concerns parking regulations.

Another German Sausage Fest is in the history books

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press Hundreds of hungry sausage lovers converged upon the Civic Center Saturday with many lining up well in advance.

DPS officer killed in I-35 accident was Cove alum

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove High School class of 1973 lost one of their own on Saturday when Thomas Nipper, 63, a trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety, died after a pickup truck ran into his patrol car while he was making a traffic stop.