Chamber’s Military Affairs Committee hosts III Corps for dinner

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  A more than 50-year tradition in Copperas Cove has remained intact with the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce’s Military Affairs committee hosting Fort Hood’s III Corps for the committee’s first military affairs banquet since June 2016 on Thursday night at the...

Copperas Cove Boys Ranch recognized as state historical site

By DAVID J. HARDIN  Cove Leader-Press   During the height of the Great Depression, two people set out to change the lives of a group of boys who were poor, neglected, and left without a home.  Viola and Roy Dawson opened The Boys Ranch of Copperas Cove to these boys in 1934.

Economic Development - The MDD Vol. 2 Copperas Cove

By Matt Russell Special to Leader-Press   Last week we took a look at 15 questions and answers concerning the Municipal Development District (MDD) from the City of Brownwood Texas.

CTC Patio Café offers Southern cuisine this Friday

Special to the HHES The Central Texas College (CTC) Culinary Arts program will host a Patio Café Cuisine Nights dinner this Friday, October 13 featuring a Southern cuisine. Dinner, prepared by students in the American Region cooking class, will be served from 6 – 7:30 p.m.

Bealls grand opening

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL Bealls store manager Marq Metts cuts the ribbon on Thursday morning in the Five Hills Shopping Center. The store moved from Cove Terrace Shopping Center and is the newest store to open in the shopping center expansion. Customers were lined up prior to the store opening at 9 a.m.

Central Texas College Speech Team wins season opener

Special to the HHES The Central Texas College (CTC) Speech and Debate team earned community college champion honors at the 45th annual Southwest Baptist University season opening tournament in Bolivar, Missouri earlier this month.

New shows open at Mayborn Science Theater

Special to the HHES The Mayborn Science Theater welcomes two new full-dome shows to its October schedule and welcomes back a Halloween favorite. “Spookley the Square Pumpkin” returns to the Saturday matinee lineup at 2 p.m.

Anti-Bullying Poster Contest

Courtesy Photo  The Optimist Club of Greater Copperas Cove held an Anti-Bullying Poster Contest and awarded gift certificates and gift cards to the winners on September 22 at the Boys and Girls Club of Copperas Cove.

A&M-Central Texas recognizes legacy alumni from ATU’s first graduating class

Special to Leader-Press John Thomson, by his own description, grew up “a poor farm kid” in Dalton, Mass.

Copperas Cove's sales tax revenue continues upward surge

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  The sales tax rebate check for October 2017 will soon be on its way to the city of Copperas Cove, in the amount of $364,352.88, up 9.79 percent compared to the $331,842.