News

National United Bank celebrates new location

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Fri, 07/14/2017 - 03:49
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    On Wednesday afternoon, National United Bank celebrated its grand reopening at 505 E. Bus. 190 with a ribbon cutting and welcomed members of the community to join them.

Cove family raising funds for service dog

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Fri, 07/14/2017 - 02:48
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    A Copperas Cove family is raising funds to provide their six-year-old daughter with a four-legged companion one day that will keep her safe and improve the quality of her life.

Hank’s Tire Pros kicks off annual customer appreciation days

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Fri, 07/14/2017 - 01:54
By DAVID MORRIS Cove Leader-Press   Customers filled the streets, Thursday as they made their way to the annual Hank’s Tire Pros customer appreciation three-day sale to take advantage of savings on new sets of Continental and General Tire brands.

Mystery of ‘Lady Bountiful’ -- saint, sinner or both?

david_morris
Fri, 07/14/2017 - 01:52
Lillian Knox, once the prime suspect in the staged suicide of her timber tycoon husband, was back in the news on Jul. 15, 1939 following her arrest in Los Angeles on warrants out of Dallas and Shreveport.

Council holds budget workshop at Tuesday meeting

david_morris
Fri, 07/14/2017 - 01:51
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    The Copperas Cove city council worked its way through the proposed fiscal year 2017-2018 city budget on Tuesday evening, with city budget director/deputy city manager Ryan Haverlah giving a presentation that allowed for questions, answers, and direction from...

City’s sales tax revenue continues to climb

david_morris
Fri, 07/14/2017 - 01:49
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    A monthly sales tax revenue check for $367,891.02 will soon be on its way to the City of Copperas Cove for July 2017, up 14.55 percent compared to the $321,153.96 the city received in July 2016, according to the report released Wednesday from the office of...

Teens make games with Makers Club

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Fri, 07/14/2017 - 01:48
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   Creative teens had the opportunity Tuesday afternoon to show off their skills and build their very own Skee-Ball or foosball games. Evelyn Nelson of the Central Texas Makers held a class themed ‘I can build that!’ at the Copperas Cove Public Library.

EDC board discusses budget details

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Thu, 07/13/2017 - 14:51
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    It took less than an hour on Wednesday for the Copperas Cove Economic Development Corporation to discuss the details of the EDC’s proposed budget for the 2017-2018 fiscal year.