Rabbit Fest Pageant adds new features for 2016 contest

By DAVID MORRIS  Cove Leader-Press   Rabbitfestpageant.com has been live for just over two weeks and immediately began netting applications for the 2016 Rabbit Fest Scholarship Pageant.

Altrusa celebrates 25 years in Copperas Cove

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   Copperas Cove’s Altrusa members celebrated 25 years of working together to make Copperas Cove a better place to live.   The celebration was held Sunday at Stoney Brook Assisted Living of Copperas Cove and began at 2 p.m.

Military Child

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   The rain didn’t stop families from having loads of fun at the 3rd annual Month of the Military Child Celebration held Saturday at the Copperas Cove Armed Services YMCA.

School board to consider summer maintenance projects

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Independent School District board of trustees has a busy agenda for tonight’s meeting, with four consent agenda items to include current new hires along with campus professional contracts for the 2016-2017 school year, as well as...

Shereka Wright returns to Cove for Education Foundation Gala

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   WNBA star, NCAA basketball coach and Copperas Cove High School alumnus Shereka Wright will return to her Copperas Cove roots as the keynote speaker for the third annual Boots & Buckles Gala for the Copperas Cove Education Foundation on Saturday, April...

Cove JROTC cadets move old Fort Hood hospital equipment and families

By DONOVAN RITCHIE, JROTC CADET Special to Leader-Press   Babies may arrive in this world tiny and small, but they require a lot of large equipment for their care.

Area high school bands converge on Cove for regional contest

By DEBORAH KELLEY Special to Leader-Press   The annual UIL Region 8 High School 5A-6A Concert and Sight Reading Contest kicks off next Tuesday and Wednesday, April 12-13, at the Lea Ledger Auditorium.

Pickleball comes to Copperas Cove

By DAVID J. HARDIN Cove Leader-Press   The gymnasium at CCISD's Avenue E campus was abuzz with activity for a new recreational sport on Tuesday night—pickleball. Copperas Cove's Parks & Recreation Department held the first pickleball night in the hopes of offering another activity to the community.

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Philly Pretzel Factory on track for May 1 openings

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   On May 1, two new stores will open in Copperas Cove, one of them next door to Jersey Mike's Subs and the other located in a storefront at H-E-B Plus!. Both Chipotle Mexican Grill and Philly Pretzel Factory have had delays from their original time frames to open.

Crossroads students support project for hospitalized children

By SHARON WHITIS Special to Leader-Press   When Crossroads High School’s student council heard about Junior Miss Rabbit Fest’s community service project to collect as many pop tabs as she could for the Ronald McDonald House to help the families of sick children, the council went into action.