Summer Reading Program

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL Keep Copperas Cove Beautiful executive director Silvia Rhoads along with board members Marc Payne, Cesar Manigua, and Annie Zehr helped judge 59 entries submitted by summer reading program children ages 1-15 with the theme Build Your Own House: Build A Better World.

TxDOT installing 148 ADA ramps in Copperas Cove

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    Contractors working for the Texas Department of Transportation have been hard at work since June 1 installing 148 ADA ramps at cross-street intersections in Copperas Cove.

Parks & Rec holding town hall meeting Wednesday

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Copperas Cove residents are invited to attend a town hall meeting on Wednesday, July 26, at 5:30 p.m. at the Copperas Cove Civic Center, located at 1206 W. Ave. B. The meeting is the third quarterly town hall gathering of the year.

TAMU-Central Texas shows off scanning electron microscope

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press    Texas A&M Central Texas showed off what its new scanning electron microscope can do at the Third Thursday Mixer held Thursday evening in Warrior Hall.

Five Hills royalty continue work in the community

Junior Miss Five Hills Leslie Lindholm’s platform of service during her year-long reign is literacy and she spearheaded the Little Free Library project which resulted in bins of books being placed at CCISD schools and city pools for children to access 24-hours a day, seven days a week at no charge.

CCISD summer readers get water safety tips and fishing fun

By MALACHI MUNCY Cove Leader-Press    On Friday morning at City Park, students from Copperas Cove High School’s Future Health Professionals (HOSA) and Colt Gaulden, Texas Game Warden, teamed up with CCISD to provide summer safety and water safety training for Hettie Halstead Elementary and Fairview...

Five Hills Art Guild recognized at Vive Les Arts reception

By DAVID J. HARDIN  Cove Leader-Press    The Five Hills Art Guild was recognized with a reception for the work its members have had on display at Vive Les Arts in Killeen.

2017 Guam Liberation Day Celebration held at Ogletree Gap

By MALACHI MUNCY Cove Leader-Press   On Saturday at Ogletree Gap, more than a thousand  people came together from across the state and beyond to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of Guam’s liberation from Japanese forces during WWII.

Cove students give 40,000+ hours of service

Special to Leader-Press   Copperas Cove youth are proving to be contributing members to society. During the 2016-2017 school year, CCISD students contributed more than 40,000 hours of service to the community with 36,800 of those given by CCHS students.

CCISD, CTC hold Early College information session

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Independent School District (CCISD) and Central Texas College (CTC) joined together on Thursday to offer high school students and their parents two information sessions on their early college program.