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CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Karen Sutton waits with her grandchildren Matthew Thompson, 12, Stormie Wilson, 4, and Isabelle Wilson, 6, to receive their certificates of honorary membership of the Copperas Cove Bass Club for catching their fish at the 10th annual Fishing in the Park event held Saturday morning.

CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Karen Sutton waits with her grandchildren Matthew Thompson, 12, Stormie Wilson, 4, and Isabelle Wilson, 6, to receive their certificates of honorary membership of the Copperas Cove Bass Club for catching their fish at the 10th annual Fishing in the Park event held Saturday morning.

GONE FISHIN

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Tue, 02/21/2017 - 05:00
By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press Families surrounded the duck pond at the Copperas Cove City Park for a chance to catch rainbow trout as part of the 10th annual Fishing in the Park on Saturday morning.

Citizens Police Academy to resume March 2

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Tue, 02/21/2017 - 00:12
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   After an almost three-year hiatus, the Copperas Cove Police Department will hold the 31st session of the Copperas Cove Citizens Police Academy, with the first class starting on Thursday, March 2 and the class culminating with a graduation ceremony on May 4.

PAR Guns owner arrested on theft warrant

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Fri, 02/17/2017 - 15:24
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Michael Desmond, owner of PAR Guns in Copperas Cove, turned himself in to the Copperas Cove Police Department on Tuesday morning in response to a Jan. 30 arrest warrant that was issued against him for theft over $2,500 but less than $30,000.
CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Copperas Cove Fire Department Chief Michael Neujahr recognized CCISD Maintenance Department employee Raymond Riddle, at Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting, for his efforts in extinguishing a fire in the yard of a residence on the bus route last Thursday.

CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Copperas Cove Fire Department Chief Michael Neujahr recognized CCISD Maintenance Department employee Raymond Riddle, at Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting, for his efforts in extinguishing a fire in the yard of a residence on the bus route last Thursday.

Substitute bus driver fights fire during route

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Fri, 02/17/2017 - 05:00
By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press A substitute bus driver for Copperas Cove Independent School District acted quickly and heroically, extinguishing a fire at a residence on a bus route while taking students to Mae Stevens Early Learning Academy Thursday afternoon.
COURTESY PHOTO - House Creek Elementary students enjoy good books as part of World Reading Day as they celebrated Drop Everything and Read for 15 minutes at the end of the school day.

COURTESY PHOTO - House Creek Elementary students enjoy good books as part of World Reading Day as they celebrated Drop Everything and Read for 15 minutes at the end of the school day.

DROP EVERYTHING

News Staff
Fri, 02/17/2017 - 05:00
Special to Leader-Press If the old adage is true that when you open a good book, you expand your mind, there is a lot of mind expansion happening at House Creek Elementary.

Casting company calling for extras in Nat Geo miniseries

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Fri, 02/17/2017 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press Locals have the opportunity to answer a casting call from Austin-based Brock Allen Casting for a Nat Geo miniseries set to begin filming next month in the Fort Hood, Killeen, and Austin areas.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - The Purple Gator, located at 212 S. 2nd St. in downtown Copperas Cove, is taking orders for King Cake just in time for Mardi Gras on Feb. 28. New Orleans natives Toni and Terrence Washington own and operate the restaurant.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - The Purple Gator, located at 212 S. 2nd St. in downtown Copperas Cove, is taking orders for King Cake just in time for Mardi Gras on Feb. 28. New Orleans natives Toni and Terrence Washington own and operate the restaurant.

Purple Gator prepping for Mardi Gras

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Tue, 02/14/2017 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press The King Cake is a Mardi Gras tradition that goes back hundreds of years, and New Orleans natives Toni and Terrance Washington are serving up King Cake in downtown Copperas Cove at The Purple Gator on South 2nd Street.
CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Sherry Hoffpauir and Joe Lombardi were selected as the recipients for the Spirit of the Greater Fort Hood Area United Way award, Thursday during the annual luncheon. Presenting the award is Central Texas College Chancellor Jim Yeonopolus.

CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Sherry Hoffpauir and Joe Lombardi were selected as the recipients for the Spirit of the Greater Fort Hood Area United Way award, Thursday during the annual luncheon. Presenting the award is Central Texas College Chancellor Jim Yeonopolus.

United Way celebrates local giving

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Tue, 02/14/2017 - 05:00
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, and, on Thursday, United Way celebrated the many “heroes” who donate and enable the organization to help as many people as they can.
CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - The Rabbit Fest Royalty invited parents and their children to attend a pre-Valentine’s Day tea party.

CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - The Rabbit Fest Royalty invited parents and their children to attend a pre-Valentine’s Day tea party.

TEA PARTY

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Tue, 02/14/2017 - 05:00
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press Parents and children had a “tea-rific” time at the Rabbit Fest Royalty’s Daddy/Mommy and Me Sweetheart Tea. Two separate Sweetheart Tea times were held at Bearables on Saturday at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. and cost $10 per person with a limit of 24 people per event.

Copperas Cove KFC to get remodel

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Fri, 02/10/2017 - 16:05
Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise KBP Foods recently announced the remodel of its Copperas Cove restaurant as part of a multi-million dollar nationwide KFC brand revamp effort. The restaurant’s dining room is set to close on just after Monday, Feb.