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Cove man gets toll for trip through Dallas he never took

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Fri, 10/21/2016 - 05:00

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press According to a bill Larry Letzer Sr. of Copperas Cove received, Letzer supposedly rode his motorcycle on the Sam Rayburn Tollway on October 4, 2016, at 7:56 a.m. and was subsequently billed $14 on his TxTag account.

Margaret Litchfield trial series

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Tue, 10/18/2016 - 10:31

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press A trial of Margaret Litchfield for the 1999 murder of her husband Raymond "Red" Litchfield begn on Monday Oct. 4, 2106 in Gatesville, Tx of Coryell County.

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Margaret Litchfield found guilty of murder

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Tue, 10/18/2016 - 05:00

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press On Friday at the 52nd district court in Gatesville, a jury found Margaret Litchfield guilty of murdering her husband Raymond “Red” Litchfield back in 1999.

CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Robert Trejo with Zoomagination talks about the kinkajou on his shoulders during Saturday’s 7th annual Eco Harvest festival.

ECO HARVEST

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Tue, 10/18/2016 - 05:00

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press Hundreds of people learned about things such as composting, rain water harvesting and different ways to recycle in the Central Texas area when they came out to the 7th Annual Eco Harvest Fest held Saturday morning at the Copperas Cove Civic Center.

CCLP/DAVID J. HARDIN - Kids play a game for prizes during the VFW fall festival which was sponsored by the VFW and VFW Auxiliary on Saturday at the VFW Post 8577.

VFW Post 8577 holds fall festival

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Tue, 10/18/2016 - 05:00

By DAVID J. HARDIN Cove Leader-Press Halloween costumes, games, raffle prizes, a cakewalk, and a silent auction are just a few of the things Cove residents were able to do at the VFW Post 8577 fall festival this past Saturday.

Friends and family testify in Litchfield murder trial

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Fri, 10/14/2016 - 05:00

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press The second week of testimony in the trial for the murder of Raymond Litchfield shifted the focus to friends and family of Raymond and his widow, Margaret, who is charged with his murder, at the 52nd district court in Gatesville on Tuesday.

COURTESY PHOTO - Codi Nunez and Joshua Kasten are sworn in as the newest officers to the Copperas Cove Police Department Tuesday.

JOINING THE RANKS

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Fri, 10/14/2016 - 05:00

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press Codi Nunez and Joshua Kasten were sworn in to the Copperas Cove Police Department on Tuesday morning by Judge William “Bill” Price. The two graduated from the Temple College Police Academy on Friday, October 7.

CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Dan Yancey, running for City Council Place 3, talks at the “Meet the Candidates Forum” at the GUMC on Monday.

AARP hosts city council Meet the Candidates forum

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Fri, 10/14/2016 - 05:00

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press On Monday afternoon, the public had the opportunity to get to learn a bit more about the nine men running for positions on the Copperas Cove City Council.

Cove’s city manager a finalist for Palestine position

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Thu, 10/13/2016 - 14:20

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press Copperas Cove’s city manager, Andrea Gardner, was named Monday as one of three finalists for the city of Palestine, Texas, and has been invited along with the other two finalists, Jack Coleman and Kevin Coleman, for interviews on October 18 and 19.

Martin Walker students prevent bullying through puppetry, positive messages

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Tue, 10/11/2016 - 10:02

Special to Leader-Press In an effort to prevent bullying, Martin Walker Elementary gifted and talented students have gone behind the masks to present the message to be positive, build good character and increase self-esteem. Every GT student designed a positive puppet and corresponding mask.