Suspect in 7-Eleven robbery arrested in Arizona

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press Dillon Joshua Dorsey, 28, was booked into the Coryell County jail on Tuesday morning on charges oftheft of a firearm and theft over $1,500 but under $20,000.

Man arrested in Gainesville for attempted murder of Cove woman

At approximately 9:10 p.m., Friday, July 24, Coryell County Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call in reference to a neighbor being assaulted. The caller relayed that his neighbor had come over and told him that she had been beaten, tied up, and stabbed.

DONATING BACK

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-PressAfter about one year of saving can tabs from aluminum cans, on Tuesday the members of the Copperas Cove chapter of Altrusa International presented more than 27 pounds of them to Susan Bolton, executive director of Temple’s Ronald Mc- Donald House near McLane...

Three file for city council positions, mayor’s spot

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   During the first week of open election filings for two positions on the Copperas Cove city council and the mayor's position, three individuals have stepped up. Azeita Taylor has filed for city council place 1, currently occupied by Cheryl Meredith.

County native tosses hat into ring for sheriff’s race

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press For Clayton Williams,having a decades-long career in law enforcement and public safety is a family tradition, and something Williams would like to continue as he runs for the Sheriff’s  osition of Coryell County on the Republican Party ticket.

Former engineer turned watercolor artist to have reception

Cove Leader-Press Jan Neumann spent her first career as an engineer, drafting plans for laying telephonecables for businesses and housing developments  in the Copperas Cove and Killeen area, but now the Kempner mother of three, grandmother of nine, and new great-grandmother of one works primarily...

GymKix hosts National Dance Day event on Saturday

By KATHLEEN STARLING Cove Leader-Press Saturday, GymKix hosted a community dance event for the whole family to celebrate National Dance Day. This is the fourth year GymKix has hosted the event, but the first year in their brand new location at 1352 Matthew Spicer Rd.

CCISD to kick off online registration for returning students

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Starting Monday, parents of returning students of the Copperas Cove Independent School District will have less paperwork to fill out.

City to take ballot applications for mayor, city council

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove city secretary’s office will begin accepting applications for the November ballot starting July 25 and ending August 24, 2015 at 5 p.m.

City manager holds Business 190 master plan meeting

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press In what she called the largest meeting for the Business 190 master plan so far, City Manager Andrea Gardner held a public meeting of the Business Highway 190 master plan workgroup on Tuesday afternoon.