Council holds tax rate hearing, approves purchase of three new ambulance chassis

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    The Copperas Cove city council held a special meeting on Tuesday, during which it held the first public hearing on the proposed property tax rate for fiscal year 2017-2018.  The proposed rate is 0.797908 per $100 of taxable assessed value.

Local center offers cryotherapy sessions in Lampasas

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    There’s a new method of treating chronic pain that has come to the Central Texas area and its owner is hoping to help others like her, who’ve lived with chronic pain.  Sonja Morris, along with her husband, Randy, recently opened Centex Cryotherapy at 215 E.

Chamber, local groups put out welcome mat at Hood Howdy

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    The Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce and some of its members put out the welcome mat for incoming soldiers and their families at the semiannual Hood Howdy, held at Club Hood last Friday.

GUMC holds annual Back to School Buzz

By MALACHI MUNCY Cove Leader-Press   On Sunday afternoon, Grace United Methodist Church hosted the seventh annual “Back-to-School Buzz’ event and gave away more than 430 free bags of school supplies to Copperas Cove students.

Domino’s celebrates expansion

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    Domino’s in Copperas Cove celebrated the completion of its store expansion with a ribbon cutting and grand reopening on Thursday morning.  There’s now more elbow room for customers and employees.

Locals gearing up for August 21 solar eclipse

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    Copperas Cove area residents are anticipating looking to the skies on Monday for the total first solar eclipse to pass over the 48 contiguous United States since 1979 and the first that will cross the entire continent since 1918.

New Longhorn locker room

Following up on last week’s article about the new multi-million dollar Longhorn locker room.  Were the replaced lockers old and decrepit?  Did the lockers really need to be replaced?   The answer is no.  The Longhorn locker room was a big time D-1 locker room (one of the best in the Big Twelve).

The ‘Anti-Diversity Screed’ That Wasn’t

The first thing to know about the instantly infamous “anti-diversity screed” written by a Google software engineer is that it isn’t anti-diversity or a screed.

Council holds further discussions on water rates

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    A Copperas Cove ordinance first approved by the Copperas Cove city council as early as 1985—the senior citizen discount for Copperas Cove residential utility customers age 65 and over—might be going away.

GeekFest opens Friday at CTC

The eighth annual GeekFest opens this Friday, August 18 on the campus of Central Texas College. The weekend-long event features several gaming tournaments, cosplay demonstrations, workshops, costume contest, tabletop gaming, a film festival and other activities.