Fire chief leads public session, shares staffing concerns

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press Copperas Cove Fire Department Chief Michael Neujahr led a strategic planning session regarding the community’s concerns and expectations of the city’s fire department Monday at the Copperas Cove Civic Center.

Cove youngster wins most unique lemonade in area

Special to Leader-Press   Copperas Cove resident Adyson Aus wowed judges at the 2017 Best Tasting Lemonade Contest, held at the Harker Heights Community Park on Saturday. His watermelon and cucumber lemonade earned him the Most Unique Lemonade Award.

A&M-Central Texas and Temple College Partner to Raise Funds for Music Scholarships

Special to Leader-Press   Killeen - Five years ago, when Sara Harris Baker became the Director of Choral Activities at Temple College, she couldn’t help but admire the symmetry of fate. Not that long ago, she had been a student there herself.

Final Patio Café offers German cuisine

Special to Leader-Press The Central Texas College (CTC) Culinary Arts program will host the final Patio Café Cuisine Nights dinner of the semester this Friday, May 5. The evening’s fare features a German cuisine. Dinner will be served from 6 – 7:30 p.m.

Free comic book day set for Saturday

The line of comic book enthusiasts, their friends, and curious newcomers is stretching down the block. Hundreds of people, if not more, are waiting for the door to open. This is the day they’ve been waiting for, and anticipation is building rapidly. Is it the release of a new comic book-based movie?

Cove, Lampasas hold Relay For Life on Saturday

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  For a total of 15 hours from Saturday morning until Sunday morning, several hundred participated in the annual Relay For Life in Copperas Cove to benefit the American Cancer Society.

Double C’s celebrate 47 years of square dancing in Cove

By DAVID J. HARDIN   There were plenty of smiles at the Copperas Cove Public Library last Friday night as members of the Double C’s Square Dance Club came together to mark its 47th anniversary.

Turning trash into treasure at Eco Fling

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press Most people look at empty water bottles and used toilet paper rolls and see nothing but trash, but the creative folks at Keep Copperas Cove Beautiful (KCCB) see them as opportunities. KCCB hosted its first Spring Eco Fling Saturday morning at Ogletree Gap Park.

Council to discuss, vote again on selling property

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press The subject of selling the city property located off Boys Ranch road is up again for a decision by the Copperas Cove city council at its regular meeting this evening at 6 p.m.

MWF goes virtual with Homecoming For Heroes III gala

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press On Saturday night at SC River Ranch in Oakalla, those who attended the Homecoming For Heroes III gala had the chance to step into the Mounted Warrior Museum and take a look around—even though the museum hasn’t yet been built  Huckabee, the architectural firm...