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City welcomes residents at Meet the City

By LYNETTE SOWELL Copperas Cove residents, young and old alike, had the chance to get to know their city’s operations a little bit better at Wednesday afternoon’s annual Meet the City. Held from 3:00 until 5 p.m.

MORE THAN JUST A MAN

By LYNETTE SOWELL   The dramatic Easter musical “More than Just a Man” is a longstanding Easter weekend tradition for the members of Cove Church of the Nazarene.

City manager gives annual State of the City address

By LYNETTE SOWELL  The City of Copperas Cove marked its 137th birthday on Wednesday, and the city welcomed all to attend the annual State of the City address at the Copperas Cove Civic Center. This year the event was held as a catered luncheon, with city manager Andrea Gardner giving the address.

Inaugural art festival ‘draws’ a crowd

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   Saturday, Copperas Cove embraced its artistic side with the Five Hills Art Guild’s first Art Festival.   Event-goers were able to immerse themselves in a variety of art forms as the festival offered a little bit of everything.

EGG - DASH

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   Parents pointed out all the eggs scattered on the field to their kids as the Easter Bunny and Cow from Chick-Fil-A wandered through the crowd Saturday morning at Copperas Cove City Park.   “Look at all the eggs! Can you count them?

KCCB worm composting class to be held Saturday

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Those interested in learning how to start and maintain a worm composting bin will get to do just that on Saturday morning during a worm composting class sponsored by Keep Copperas Cove Beautiful.

Local Girl Scouts open 1987 time capsule

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Two weeks ago, local Girl Scout troops descended on Camp Kachina in Belton for their spring campout on March 5 and unearthed a bit of history when they opened a time capsule that had been put in the ground by Girl Scout troops in 1987.

SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY

By DAVID J. HARDIN Cove Leader-Press   Tuesday night was a special night at the Mt. Hiram Masonic Lodge No. 595 in Copperas Cove. It was an opportunity for the Masons of this lodge to honor Doreen Vasseur.   Vasseur was honored with the Community Builder Award.

Students give their time during spring break

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Hannah Brockett and Kryztian Wheeler have been on spring break this week, like the rest of their classmates at Copperas Cove High School.

Betty Price steps down as Chamber president

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce board of directors will be on the lookout for a new president as Betty Price, current president, has her last day on the job on Friday.