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The City of Copperas Cove is looking at the creation of a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone within the city.

The City of Copperas Cove is looking at the creation of a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone within the city.

City council: move forward with exploring creation of TIRZ

david_morris
Thu, 03/26/2026 - 15:14
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove city council directed the City of Copperas Cove administration to move forward in exploring the possible formation of a tax increment reinvestment zone somewhere within the city.
Cheers erupt during the grand opening of the new Copperas Cove Senior Center.

Cheers erupt during the grand opening of the new Copperas Cove Senior Center.

Seniors, community members celebrate opening of new Copperas Cove Senior Center

david_morris
Wed, 03/25/2026 - 07:38
  By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   After a little more than 15 months, the new Copperas Cove Senior Center has become a reality, and was celebrated on Monday afternoon with a ribbon cutting ceremony. It was a packed house at the new facility and was stading-room only.
Copperas Cove Animal Care Facility

Copperas Cove Animal Care Facility

Copperas Cove Animal Care Facility Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting

david_morris
Tue, 03/24/2026 - 17:58
Special to the Leader-PressThe City of Copperas Cove, in partnership with the Copperas Cove Police Department, Copperas Cove Animal Control, and the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce, will host an Animal Care Facility Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.
Four members of the Drayton family and a friend were injured during a shooting that took place on the beach on Port Aransas over the weekend.

Four members of the Drayton family and a friend were injured during a shooting that took place on the beach on Port Aransas over the weekend.

Copperas Cove family injured in Port Aransas beach shooting

david_morris
Mon, 03/16/2026 - 17:59
By DAVID MORRIS Cove Leader Press   An annual spring break family vacation to Port Aransas was cut short for the Drayton family of Copperas Cove after an altercation Saturday evening at Port Aransas beach marker 20 sent four members of the family and a family friend to an area hospital with gunshot...
The Copperas Cove Senior Center

The Copperas Cove Senior Center

Senior center grand opening set for March 16

david_morris
Thu, 03/12/2026 - 16:50
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The City of Copperas Cove, in partnership with the Parks & Recreation Department, Hill Country Community Action Association (HCCAA), and the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce are holding a grand opening celebration and ribbon cutting for the newly completed...
March 3 primary

March 3 primary

Three Coryell County races headed to runoff election

david_morris
Wed, 03/04/2026 - 00:34
By LYNETTE SOWELLCove Leader-Press Three Coryell County Republican races are headed to a runoff election on May 26, after an increased numbers of voters turned out to the polls for the March 3 primary on Tuesday.
DPS

DPS

Three dead, two injured in Saturday crash east of Lampasas

david_morris
Mon, 03/02/2026 - 11:33
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press A Copperas Cove woman, a teenager, and a Lampasas man are dead, and two children injured after a head-on collision on Saturday evening just east of Lampasas in U.S. 190.According to a media release issued Monday morning by Sgt.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL Kevin Schuh, with Sports Facilities Companies, leads a discussion at the Copperas Cove Civic Center about a future sports complex in Copperas Cove. The City is conducting an online survey.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL Kevin Schuh, with Sports Facilities Companies, leads a discussion at the Copperas Cove Civic Center about a future sports complex in Copperas Cove. The City is conducting an online survey.

Copperas Cove Parks & Rec invites community to participate in sports complex survey

david_morris
Thu, 02/26/2026 - 19:42
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The City of Copperas Cove is exploring ideas for the construction of a sports complex, and it is looking for community input to get started. There is no location, no design, no concept decided for the facility at this time.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks at the annual Coryell County Republican Party's Lincoln Reagan dinner on Feb. 21.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks at the annual Coryell County Republican Party's Lincoln Reagan dinner on Feb. 21.

Lt. Governor pays visit to Coryell County

david_morris
Thu, 02/26/2026 - 19:36
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick paid a visit on Saturday evening to Coryell County, and served as the keynote speaker at the annual Lincoln-Reagan Dinner, held by the Coryell County Republican Party.