Library summer reading program kicks off

Superheroes, books, swords and shields were in the forefront of Wednesday morning’s kickoff party for the Copperas Cove Public Library’s summer reading program.

Residents cry foul regarding CTC election locations

By LYNETTE SOWEL Central Texas College held its board of trustees election on May 9, and some Copperas Cove residents are crying foul, saying Copperas Cove voters were excluded from voting in the election of two trustees.

Local church hosts blood drive

By PAMELA GRANT Every two seconds somebody in this country needs blood, and a single blood donation can save up to three different people.

Music at The Gap set for Saturday

By LYNETTE SOWELL Baylor University grad and finalist on NBC’s “The Voice,” Holly Tucker, is set to the take the stage at Saturday evening’s Music At The Gap. Gates open at 5 p.m. at the Ogletree Gap pavilion.

TEACHERS FAREWELL

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove Independent School District board of trustees honored the CCISD’s 2015 retirees who have accumulated 252 years of experience in education, with 183 of those in CCISD.

Star Group - Veterans Helping Veterans preps for celebration

By KATHLEEN STARLING Cove Leader-Press Star Group - Veterans Helping  eterans (SG-VHV) held their monthly meeting Saturday at noon Approximately 70 attended with over a dozen first-time guests.

No official cause in Hwy 9 fatality

By KATHLEEN STARLING Cove Leader-Press According to the Texas Department of Transportation, the Texas Department of Public Safety is still compiling information  oncerning the May 30 fatal crash on Highway 9 in Copperas Cove that killed 20-yearold Elizabeth Schlipp.

Project Graduation celebrates seniors

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press School is finally over for the 495 graduating seniors of Copperas Cove High School, and Project Graduation is the parent volunteers’ way of sending them off with style and offering  hem one last celebration as the class of 2015 before they go off into the world.

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.