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Copperas Cove High School graduates nearly 500 students

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press On Friday night, the friends and family of 495 Copperas Cove High School students gathered at the Bell County Expo Center in Belton to watch those 495 crossthe stage as the graduating class of 2015. During the night, the graduates heard from several classmates.

Student sees Crossroads as place of hope

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press Juan Monsalve, a senior at Crossroads High School, has found a major difference in the education system here when compared to his native Colombia. His decision to move to the United States to live with his mother was due to the violence in his country.

Student sees Crossroads as place of hope

By WENDY SLEDD Cove Leader-Press One little chick pecked and pecked, breaking the hard shell that encased him. First, you saw his beak and next his fluffy head popped out. He was the first chick from a dozen eggs to enter the world at Mae Stevens Early Learning Academy.
2015 graduate, Hannah Legare, offers a prayer to the 2015 graduating class at the 2015 CCHS Baccalaureate Service. Fellow graduates, Coleton Tuiasosopo, Stormi Hall, and Joanna Legare, stand behind her.

2015 graduate, Hannah Legare, offers a prayer to the 2015 graduating class at the 2015 CCHS Baccalaureate Service. Fellow graduates, Coleton Tuiasosopo, Stormi Hall, and Joanna Legare, stand behind her.

Ministerial Alliance hosts baccalaureate service for class of 2015

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   Graduates will soon be starting their life after high school and the Copperas Cove Ministerial Alliance’s 2015 Baccalaureate Service will help set them on the right path for that journey.
After an assembly on bicycle safety, Hettie Halstead student got the opportunity to ride their bikes around the block with police escort.

After an assembly on bicycle safety, Hettie Halstead student got the opportunity to ride their bikes around the block with police escort.

Halstead students get lessions in bicycle safety

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   The school year is almost over and soon children all over Cove will have an entire day to fill.

Weathered cleanup

Deanna Thompson was at her home on F.M. 2313 in Kempner on Memorial Day, and admitted she at first discounted the tornado warning coming across her phone that afternoon.

City to see assistance with help from House bill 7

On Friday, Senator Troy Fraser’s office announced that the Texas Senate agreed with amendments to House Bill 7, which is now on its way to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk   To view more please log in or subscribe to the digital edition. 
The Network is gathering signatures from registered voters for a petition to put the sale of alcoholic beverages on the November election ballot.

The Network is gathering signatures from registered voters for a petition to put the sale of alcoholic beverages on the November election ballot.

Petition gatherers make final push for deadline to put liquor sales on the ballot

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Mitch Lofton is counting the hours from now until June 1, when he must submit 1,465 signatures on a petition to the city of Copperas Cove, to place the legalization of the sale of alcoholic beverages and mixed drinks on the November ballot.

Class of 2015 earns $2.2 million in scholarships

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press On Wednesday evening, members of the Copperas Cove High School class of 2015 had the chance to walk across the stage at Lea Ledger Auditorium and celebrate their individual awards in front of their parents and friends.

Path of Destruction

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press A tornado in Kempner swept along F.M. 2313 on Monday afternoon, leaving a path of destruction in its short wake, felling trees, leveling barns and ripping roofs from homes.