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Browning Club claims honors in annual horticulture show

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Lincolnville historical marker dedicated

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Tue, 04/11/2017 - 04:23
By DAVID J. HARDIN Cove Leader-Press   There is a new Texas historical marker located at Moccasin Bend along the Leon River near Gatesville, which was dedicated on Saturday afternoon in honor of a community of former slaves in Coryell County.

Easter Egg Round-Up held at City Park

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Tue, 04/11/2017 - 03:29
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   At City Park on Saturday morning, delighted children of all ages scrambled to collect as many colorful plastic eggs as they could while hoping that one of those eggs would contain a special ticket, awarding them an entire Easter basket full of goodies.

Man sought in convenience store armed robbery

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Tue, 04/11/2017 - 01:32
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Corey Latrell Southard is being sought by Copperas Cove police in conjunction with a March 20 robbery of the Copperas Hills Food Mart.

Chancellor’s Cup Comes to A&M-Central Texas

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Fri, 04/07/2017 - 10:37
Special to the Leader-Press Three years ago, A&M-Central Texas employees whose offices in Founder’s Hall looked out onto the 672 acre hill country campus and saw what some referred to fondly as “a great big pile of dirt.”

First graders go from barnyard to stage

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Fri, 04/07/2017 - 01:08
By SABRINA RIVERA Special to Leader-Press    Old McDonald had a farm and first grade gifted education students have learned that CCISD does too. The youngsters can now do more than sing the rhyming song about livestock.