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City sales tax revenues stall for April

david_morris
Fri, 04/14/2017 - 12:29
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The state comptroller’s office has released its sales tax revenue report for the month of April, and the city of Copperas Cove will be seeing a slightly lower check compared to April 2016. Copperas Cove will receive a sales tax rebate for $329,400.

CCISD names employees of year in board meeting

david_morris
Fri, 04/14/2017 - 12:29
By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press   Five Copperas Cove Independent School District employees were recognized as Employees of the Year at the April Board of Trustees meeting held Tuesday evening at the CCISD Administration Building.

Fire dept. personnel receive Hazmat training

david_morris
Fri, 04/14/2017 - 12:28
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    Personnel from area fire departments gathered this week at the Copperas Cove Fire Department to receive training that will be vital in the case of emergency incidents where hazardous materials are concerned.
Royalty from the Copperas Cove Rabbit Fest Scholarship Pageant decorate cupcakes during a visit to Bits N Bites shop, Wednesday afternoon. The specialty cake shop will be the after party sponsor for the inaugural Five Hills Scholarship Pageant on May 13 at Lea Ledger Auditorium.

Royalty from the Copperas Cove Rabbit Fest Scholarship Pageant decorate cupcakes during a visit to Bits N Bites shop, Wednesday afternoon. The specialty cake shop will be the after party sponsor for the inaugural Five Hills Scholarship Pageant on May 13 at Lea Ledger Auditorium.

Bits N Bites set to celebrate new royalty

david_morris
Fri, 04/14/2017 - 12:28
By DAVID MORRIS Cove Leader-Press   One of their first acts as newly crowned Rabbit Fest Royalty was to help usher in a new business during the grand opening of Bits N Bites Cake Shop in May 2016.

Cove to host regional band contest

david_morris
Tue, 04/11/2017 - 08:51
By Deborah Kelley Special to Leader-Press   The annual UIL Region 8 Band High School 5A-6A Concert and Sight Reading Contest will take place today and tomorrow, April 11-12 at the Lea Ledger Auditorium in Copperas Cove.

Browning Club claims honors in annual horticulture show

david_morris
Tue, 04/11/2017 - 05:30
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    Members of the Browning Community Garden Club sported their green thumbs on Saturday as the group held its annual Horticulture Show in the social hall at Clear Creek Baptist Church in Kempner.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL Volunteers from Keep Copperas Cove Beautiful make their way along U.S. Business 190 near the intersection of Constitution Drive on Saturday as they pick up debris as part of the state wide Don’t Mess With Texas Trash-Off.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL Volunteers from Keep Copperas Cove Beautiful make their way along U.S. Business 190 near the intersection of Constitution Drive on Saturday as they pick up debris as part of the state wide Don’t Mess With Texas Trash-Off.

Volunteers take part in Don’t Mess With Texas Trash-off

david_morris
Tue, 04/11/2017 - 05:25
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    Cities around Texas, including Copperas Cove, received some TLC during Saturday’s statewide Don’t Mess With Texas Trash-Off.

Library kicks off National Library Week with rally

david_morris
Tue, 04/11/2017 - 04:26
By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Public Library kicked off National Library Week with the 3rd annual Rally Day held Saturday.  Different organizations and clubs that use the library for a meeting space or event space were set up in the Meeting Room and the Teamwork Room.
CCLP/PAMELA GRANT Texas A&M University Central Texas hosted a variety of events as they celebrated Warrior Week, Friday night on the Killeen campus. Dinner and a showing of Rogue One drew hundreds of families to the annual picnic.

CCLP/PAMELA GRANT Texas A&M University Central Texas hosted a variety of events as they celebrated Warrior Week, Friday night on the Killeen campus. Dinner and a showing of Rogue One drew hundreds of families to the annual picnic.

TAMUCT celebrates celebrate with Warrior Picnic

david_morris
Tue, 04/11/2017 - 04:26
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   Last week, Texas A&M University-Central Texas (TAMUCT) celebrated Warrior Week which culminated in the college’s annual Warrior Picnic on Friday.  The event featured free barbecue courtesy of Schoepf’s Old Time Bar-B-Que and free ice cream courtesy of Waffle Cone.