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New chamber president gets to work, looks ahead

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Fri, 07/15/2016 - 11:32
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   New Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Sean Corrigan has hit the ground running during his first week at the chamber offices, starting a new period of leadership at Copperas Cove's “front door to the city.”
The Copperas Cove Monument Sign is one of several Pokemon Gyms in the city. The game used on Smartphones takes players to locations via GPS to “capture” characters, gather special “tools” and “battle” for points. – Screenshot

The Copperas Cove Monument Sign is one of several Pokemon Gyms in the city. The game used on Smartphones takes players to locations via GPS to “capture” characters, gather special “tools” and “battle” for points. – Screenshot

Pokémon Go invades Copperas Cove

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Fri, 07/15/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   At one point as many as 30 people gathered at the Copperas Cove Public Library parking lot on Wednesday evening, as well as in the parking lot behind the old city hall on Main St. They gathered in clusters, talked and stared at their phones.
File Photos - Connor Hedger walks on the field last season with the Bulldawgs for a special presentation during a home game.

File Photos - Connor Hedger walks on the field last season with the Bulldawgs for a special presentation during a home game.

MOMENT OF SILENCE

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Fri, 07/15/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Less than a week before his sixth birthday, young Connor Hedge, a House Creek Elementary School student, finished his battle with stage IV neuroblastoma on Sunday morning.

Copperas Cove Council holds budget workshop

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Fri, 07/15/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove city council worked its way through the proposed fiscal year 2017 budget on Tuesday evening, with city budget director Ryan Haverlah giving a presentation that lasted around two hours.

Locals gather for prayer at Copperas Cove Police Department

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Tue, 07/12/2016 - 13:47
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   In the wake of last week's shooting deaths of five Dallas police officers with 12 more officers wounded, about 20 residents from several local churches gathered for prayer at the Copperas Cove Police Department early Monday morning.

Hank's hosting annual 3-day customer appreciation event

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Tue, 07/12/2016 - 13:01
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Hank's Tire Pros at 918 S. Main St. is pulling out the stops for its 9th annual customer appreciation days, starting Thursday and going through Saturday.

H-E-B holding tear-pad campaign for the National Mounted Warrior Museum

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Tue, 07/12/2016 - 12:55
Special to Leader-Press   The National Mounted Warfare Foundation (NMWF) is pleased to announce that H-E-B has selected the NMWF as the beneficiary of its in-store coupon promotion in the eight stores surrounding the Central Texas region to include Copperas Cove, Killeen, Harker Heights, Lampasas,...

Chamber announces hiring of new president

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Tue, 07/12/2016 - 12:44
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   At Thursday night's Copperas Cove city council meeting, Joe Newman, the interim president of the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau, announced that the board has hired Sean Corrigan to be the organization's new president/CEO.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Mitch Lofton speaks to the petition team and supporters at The Network’s celebration at Redneck Tacos on Saturday afternoon. The Copperas Cove city council voted unanimously to accept the petition with 1,748 signatures at Thursday night’s meeting.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Mitch Lofton speaks to the petition team and supporters at The Network’s celebration at Redneck Tacos on Saturday afternoon. The Copperas Cove city council voted unanimously to accept the petition with 1,748 signatures at Thursday night’s meeting.

Liquor petition team celebrates, prepares for upcoming ballot

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Tue, 07/12/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   With the Copperas Cove city council unanimously voting on Thursday night to accept the 1,748 verified signatures on a petition along with approving a resolution to place the liquor option on the Nov. 8 ballot, the team responsible for collecting those...
Julie Landrum demonstrates how to create marble designs on paper using shaving cream and food coloring at the Sip and strut event held in Downtown Lampasas Thursday evening.

Julie Landrum demonstrates how to create marble designs on paper using shaving cream and food coloring at the Sip and strut event held in Downtown Lampasas Thursday evening.

SIP AND STRUT

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Tue, 07/12/2016 - 05:00
By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   Artists demonstrated their techniques at Sip and Strut on Thursday evening at the Perception Creative Art School in downtown Lampasas.