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Student sees Crossroads as place of hope

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Fri, 06/05/2015 - 05:00

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.

Ministerial Alliance hosts baccalaureate service for class of 2015

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Tue, 06/02/2015 - 11:02

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.

Halstead students get lessions in bicycle safety

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Tue, 06/02/2015 - 10:53

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

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Tue, 06/02/2015 - 05:00

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

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Tue, 06/02/2015 - 05:00

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.

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

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Fri, 05/29/2015 - 13:49

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

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Fri, 05/29/2015 - 05:00

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

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Fri, 05/29/2015 - 05:00

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.

Remembering our fallen soldiers

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Fri, 05/29/2015 - 05:00

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press Some think of Memorial Day as just another three-day weekend or as the unofficial start of summer, but it also stands for something much more meaningful.

Crossroads High School student Cheyenne Chapman serves a meal she made herself through her Lifetime Nutrition and Wellness class to Second Lieutenant Milan Jairo. Half of Chapman’s grade on the project was based on how the presentation and taste of her food was rated by the luncheon’s guests.

Crossroads High students learn food prep

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Tue, 05/26/2015 - 11:51

By WENDY SLEDD Special to Leader-Press For Cheyenne Chapman who had never learned to cook or even how to properly set a table, the thought of preparing enough food to cater and serve at a luncheon for 40 people was equal to entering Hell’s Kitchen whether Ramsay Gordon was there or not.