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CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Penny, a therapy dog with Pet Partners, who is also deaf, came to visit C.R. Clements- Hollie Parsons Elementary School with her owner Sandra McCleney, to share a message about special needs and overcoming obstacles on Friday.

CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Penny, a therapy dog with Pet Partners, who is also deaf, came to visit C.R. Clements- Hollie Parsons Elementary School with her owner Sandra McCleney, to share a message about special needs and overcoming obstacles on Friday.

ONE SPECIAL DOG

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press Fourth and fifth graders at Clements-Parsons Elementary School had the opportunity to meet a Pet Partners therapy dog named Penny along with her owner on Friday.

Cove HEB brings anti-bullying program to school

Special to Leader-Press COPPERAS COVE, TX (February 1, 2017)—“Be a buddy, not a bully!”  That’s the message that second graders at Williams/Ledger Elementary took away from an anti-bullying workshop called the Buddy League presented by HEB Plus Copperas Cove.

City manager shares exit strategy with EDC board

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   During a special workshop meeting on Wednesday morning that lasted nearly three hours, Copperas Cove’s Economic Development Corporation board of directors discussed and gave direction to  City Manager Andrea Gardner on a number of items that concerned EDC...

Art Guild prepares for annual festival

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    The Five Hills Art Guild hit the ground running with the turn of the new year and is full speed ahead in planning and promoting its second annual art festival.
CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Sgt. Dominique Greeley, a member of the 1st Cavalry Division horse detachment, demonstrates some horse riding techniques at Camp Cowboy, held at Robison Ranch in Kempner. The camp is a 12-week program for active duty and military veterans.

CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Sgt. Dominique Greeley, a member of the 1st Cavalry Division horse detachment, demonstrates some horse riding techniques at Camp Cowboy, held at Robison Ranch in Kempner. The camp is a 12-week program for active duty and military veterans.

CAMP COWBOY

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press    Camp Cowboy isn’t just about horsing around, it’s about healing.   Hosted by Robison Ranch in Kempner, Camp Cowboy kicked off on Wednesday by treating veterans and their families to a demonstration and introduction to horses.
Michael Cleghorn

Michael Cleghorn

City hires public works director

Special to Leader-Press   The City of Copperas Cove announced that Michael Cleghorn has accepted the position of Public Works Director and began his employment on Jan. 17.    Cleghorn is a native Texan, born and raised in Humble, Texas.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - LEFT: HEB Plus! was named the Large Business of the Year by the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce at its annual banquet on Friday night. RIGHT: Crawford Bowers Funeral Home was named the Small Business of the Year. J.C. Stubbs was named the Ambassador of the year.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - LEFT: HEB Plus! was named the Large Business of the Year by the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce at its annual banquet on Friday night. RIGHT: Crawford Bowers Funeral Home was named the Small Business of the Year. J.C. Stubbs was named the Ambassador of the year.

H-E-B Plus! named big business of year

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Members of the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce turned out on Friday night for the chamber’s annual banquet, during which the chamber bade farewell to 2016 board chair, Butch Ronne, along with board members Dr. Karen Harrison and Diana Castillo.
CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Members of the High School United Teens Service Excel Club (HUTS) worked on face painting at the Relay for Life of Lampasas/Copperas Cove Tailgate Kick Off held Saturday at Bulldawg Stadium.

CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Members of the High School United Teens Service Excel Club (HUTS) worked on face painting at the Relay for Life of Lampasas/Copperas Cove Tailgate Kick Off held Saturday at Bulldawg Stadium.

Relay for Life holds tailgate kickoff event

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   Relay for Life of Lampasas/Copperas Cove held its tailgate kickoff for the Relay for Life fundraising season on Saturday at Bulldawg Stadium.   This is the first year that Lampasas and Copperas Cove have joined together to form one group.
CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Scouts and their families watch as their colorful wooden racecars zoom down the tracks during Saturday’s Pinewood Derby for Cub Scout Pack 251.

CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Scouts and their families watch as their colorful wooden racecars zoom down the tracks during Saturday’s Pinewood Derby for Cub Scout Pack 251.

ZOOM... ZOOM...

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   Little wooden cars zipped down the racetrack followed by cheers of excitement and congratulations to the winners at the Cub Scout Pack #251’s Pinewood Derby.   The annual event was held at VFW Post 8577 on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

ABA pro basketball comes to Cove

  By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Local basketball fans need not trek hours away for an NBA game to see some professional basketball up close, they need only stay in Copperas Cove tonight.