Metroplex presents Cove ASYMCA center with AED device

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   On Monday morning, team members from the Metroplex Heart and Vascular Center visited the Armed Services YMCA (ASYMCA) in Copperas Cove with a special delivery, an automated external defibrillator (AED).

Junior high chess club improves critical thinking skills, exceeds expectations

By Ariel Draper Special to the Leader-Press The king may be the most important, but the queen is the most powerful.

Oakalla VFD holding annual fajita dinner, auction tomorrow

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  The Oakalla Volunteer Fire Department is holding its annual fajita dinner and auction tomorrow from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m., with the live auction starting at 7 p.m. For $10 for adults and $5 for children 10 and under, diners can have an all-you-can-eat fajita meal.

S.C. Lee Junior high students learn conservation through quail dissection

By JOANNE DEVER  Special to Leader-Press S.C. Lee Junior High 7th grade students witnessed first-hand how animal structures work together to perform functions necessary for life by dissecting a quail and observing what they found.

CCHS senior nominated for Wendy’s High School Heisman

Special to Leader-Press There are some students who set the bar. They work harder, show more passion and lead by example—in the classroom, on the field and within the community.

Area esthetician wants to revitalize the skin you’re in

Sara Escobar Evening Star Although Jessica Coleman is not native to Texas, it has certainly become home to her and her family. As a newly licensed esthetician, she graduated from the Aveda Institute in Austin as Valedictorian of her class in 2016.

Miniseries filmed in Cove premieres Tuesday night

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  “The Long Road Home,” an eight-hour miniseries filmed by NatGeo, will premiere on Tuesday, November 7 on the NatGeo channel.  This spring, a production team was in the Fort Hood area shooting the miniseries, with some of those locations being in Copperas Cove.

Boys & Girls Club welcomes Jessica Smith as branch director

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  Jessica Smith is now nearly one month into her position as the new branch director for the Boys & Girls Club in Copperas Cove and has hit the ground running.

Trinity Lutheran German Sausage Fest set for Saturday

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  Trinity Lutheran Church is hosting its annual German Sausage Fest on Saturday from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.  The event will be at the Copperas Cove Civic Center, located at 1206 W. Ave. B.

Burkes Outlet holds ribbon cutting, grand opening

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  With plenty of drums and cheering, Burkes Outlet, the newest store in the Five Hills Shopping Center, opened Thursday morning with a ribbon cutting along with the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors and Five Hills royalty.