New print shop opens in Cove, holds ribbon cutting

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press Design Technically Write held a ribbon cutting ceremony Saturday morning with the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce. Owner Hope McKee said that she came up with the idea for her store after noticing that the city did not already have a local print shop.

Keep Copperas Cove Beautiful host annual Eco Harvest

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press There’s only one Earth, and it’s our responsibility to take care of it. That was the message and the goal of the 8th Annual Eco Harvest, held by Keep Copperas Cove Beautiful on Saturday at the Copperas Cove Civic Center.

GUMC holds annual fall festival Saturday

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  Grace United Methodist Church opened its doors on Saturday for its annual fall festival.  The church had a variety of activities to choose from, including vendors, silent and live auctions, face painting, carnival games, bounce house and food.

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.

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.

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.