News

City wide garage sale set for tomorrow

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Downtown Copperas Cove will be filled with vendors peddling their treasures at the city wide spring garage sale, held by the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors.

DEADLINE SET FOR LIQUOR PETITION

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   The group of local voters behind the petition for liquor sales met at the Taqueria Mexicano Grill in the Cove Terrace Shopping Center one last time Wednesday night to go over important information before the signature collection period begins.

Man arrested in connection with motorcycle accident

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Cosme Agustin Urbina, 26, was arrested and charged on Tuesday with two counts of intoxication manslaughter in connection with the Feb. 27 crash that killed Michael Shawn Richard and Lisa Gayle Richard.

Local social worker given Lifetime Achievement Award

By DAVID J. HARDIN Cove Leader-Press   Warren Townsend was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Social Workers Central Texas on Thursday evening at the group’s annual banquet at Anderson Campus Center at Central Texas College.

Shake-a-Leg

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   Hundreds of dads and daughters danced and had a blast at the second Annual Daddy Daughter Dance organized by the Youth Advisory Council this past Saturday, far exceeding the anticipated amount of participants.

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.

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.