DoD grant helps students accept differences

Special to Leader-Press The warthogs are waltzing, the chimps’ cha-cha-ing, but poor Gerald the giraffe can’t seem to figure out how to make his body parts work together to dance.

Voices United quarterly publication debuts today

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  Voices United Publication of Victoria, a quarterly publication produced by Rick Perkins, is an insert in today’s publication of the Leader-Press.  The insert is the creation of Rick Perkins, an Air Force veteran, who has published the newspaper since 2008.

Hull and Payne in a run-off for council, school board incumbents reelected

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press Only one of the two races for Copperas Cove city council was decided on Tuesday evening.  Candidates for city council place 6, John A. Hull and E.

Cove woman reflects on nursing career, military service

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  When Edith Freyer first applied at age 42 to enter the Army Reserves, she almost wondered if it would take an act of Congress to get her accepted. Or, so she thought.  Freyer had worked as an RN for many years for St. Barnabas Corporation in New Jersey.

Noon Exchange Club prepared to host hundreds for Feast of Sharing

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  The Noon Exchange Club is gearing up for the 20th annual Feast of Sharing to be held Thursday, November 16, at the Copperas Cove Civic Center from 6-8 p.m.

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.