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CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Thousands showed up to lay wreaths honoring veterans at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery on Saturday.

CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Thousands showed up to lay wreaths honoring veterans at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery on Saturday.

A SEASON TO REMEMBER

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Tue, 11/29/2016 - 05:00
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   Thousands of volunteers placed wreaths upon each of the graves at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery on Saturday morning.   The red and green of the wreaths provided a sharp contrast to the white of the grave markers and the tan of the grass.

Christmas tree lighting set for Thursday at City Park

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Fri, 11/25/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The City of Copperas Cove’s parks department is hosting the city’s tree lighting ceremony on Thursday from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. at City Park, located at 1206 West Ave. B.
CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Donna Herring prepares Shop Small Saturday bags for local businesses who are participating in the annual program.

CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Donna Herring prepares Shop Small Saturday bags for local businesses who are participating in the annual program.

SHOP SMALL, SAVE BIG

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Fri, 11/25/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Tomorrow around Copperas Cove, small businesses will be celebrated as the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce, the Copperas Cove Economic Development Corporation local businesses take part in Small Business Saturday, held annually the Saturday after...
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Covites make their way through the line as they pick up baskets of food collected by the Refuge Corporation

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Covites make their way through the line as they pick up baskets of food collected by the Refuge Corporation

Refuge Corporation distributes Thanksgiving baskets

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Fri, 11/25/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The line at the Copperas Cove Civic Center stretched from the doors, around the side of the building and into the parking lot on Tuesday afternoon.
CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Winners of the Patriot’s Pen essay contest and the Voice of Democracy essay contest pose with their certificates at VFW Post #8577 Saturday morning.

CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Winners of the Patriot’s Pen essay contest and the Voice of Democracy essay contest pose with their certificates at VFW Post #8577 Saturday morning.

VFW Post #8577 names Patriot Pen and Voice of Democracy winners

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Mon, 11/21/2016 - 17:15
By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   VFW Post #8577 held its annual ceremony announcing the winners of the Patriot Pen and Voice of Democracy contests and recipients of the Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award Saturday morning.
CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Guadalupe Bluhm de Saldivar showed participants how she cooked the side dish of herbed wild rice at the Cook Smart Holiday Cooking Class held at Central Texas College Wednesday evening.

CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Guadalupe Bluhm de Saldivar showed participants how she cooked the side dish of herbed wild rice at the Cook Smart Holiday Cooking Class held at Central Texas College Wednesday evening.

CTC holds healthy holiday cooking class

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Mon, 11/21/2016 - 17:09
By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   Central Texas College, in conjunction with Metroplex Health System and the Killeen Chamber of Commerce, held a Cook Smart Holiday Cooking Class Wednesday evening in the Culinary Arts kitchen of the Anderson Student Center at Central Texas College.
CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Andrea Cardon and Crystal Buckram get sprayed with silly string as they hold the check for their $3,130 grant at J.L. Williams/Lovett Ledger Elementary Thursday morning.

CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Andrea Cardon and Crystal Buckram get sprayed with silly string as they hold the check for their $3,130 grant at J.L. Williams/Lovett Ledger Elementary Thursday morning.

GRANT DISTRIBUTION

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Mon, 11/21/2016 - 17:05
By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Education Foundation awarded $38,494 to 31 teachers and spent Thursday morning distributing the awards throughout nine different Copperas Cove Independent School District campuses.
Gary Kent

Gary Kent

Kent resigns as chief, continues bid for council seat

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Fri, 11/18/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   On Wednesday afternoon, Nolanville chief of police Gary Kent tendered his resignation and gave notice that he is retiring from law enforcement.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Brian Hawkins, executive director of Cove House holds up a framed print during the live auction as he helps raise money for the homeless shelter and free clinic Monday evening

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Brian Hawkins, executive director of Cove House holds up a framed print during the live auction as he helps raise money for the homeless shelter and free clinic Monday evening

DINNER FOR A CAUSE

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Fri, 11/18/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Monday night at the Cove House Emergency Homeless Shelter annual fundraising banquet was a night for talking about numbers, but it was also a night for putting some faces and stories behind those numbers.
CCLP/FILE ART - Volunteers pause at a grave during last years wreath laying ceremony at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery. This year Marty Smith is looking for 300 volunteers to help lay 2,300 wreaths.

CCLP/FILE ART - Volunteers pause at a grave during last years wreath laying ceremony at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery. This year Marty Smith is looking for 300 volunteers to help lay 2,300 wreaths.

Volunteers sought to help with wreath preparation, placement

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Fri, 11/18/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove contingent of Friends of the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery is seeking volunteers to help with what has become an annual tradition in the Fort Hood area—the annual wreath laying at the cemetery, which will take place on...