Optimist Club hosting membership drive

Optimist International is sponsoring a membership drive contest for the month of May. The Optimist Club of the Greater Copperas Cove Area is striving to increase membership significantlythis month, so has waived the $15 enrollment fee this month.

Retired teachers distributed more than 600 books

By CHUCK TAYLOR Cove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove Retired Teachers Association was on hand at Clements/Parsons Elementary School on Monday morning to hand out free books to all of the kindergartners at that campus.

Sporty-B’s donates garment bags for Rabbit Fest Royalty

Friday nights in the fall for some is all about football games, the band marching, Copperettes dancing and the cheerleading squads pumping up the crowds.

When life gives you lemons

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press Several entrepreneurial young children set up lemonade stands throughout the city as part of National Lemonade Day.

Doggy Day

By KATHLEEN STARLING Cove Leader-Press Four-legged friends of all shapes and sizes descended on Ogletree Gap Park and Pavilion on Saturday to take part in the Second Annual Pawzapalooza, organized by the Double E Rescue Ranch.

Volunteers clean up waterways

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press 20 caring members of the community volunteered a few hours of their time to help make Copperas Cove a more beautiful place. Each spring, Keep Copperas Cove Beautiful (KCCB) chooses a few waterways to help clean up.

Pageant hopefuls gather at Fester's House

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The contestants for the Rabbit Fest pageant had the chance to find their marks on Sunday afternoon, as pageant director Wendy Sledd, her co-director Azeita Taylor, along with current members of the Rabbit Fest royalty held a rehearsal at Fester's House in City...

Kempner VFD gets warning sirens

By LYNETTE SOWELL   The community of Kempner is one step closer to having a warning system in the event of a tornado.

More than just a belt,Chris Hamm’s makes smashing donation to Rabbit Fest Royalty

With a flip of her hips, reigning Young Miss Kelsey Dane snapped a board in two with her elbow while in high heels and wearing her sash and crown during a visit to Hamm’s Institute of Martial Arts in Harker Heights. The 7,000 square foot dojo is located on E.

Cove’s waterway cleanup set for Saturday

By LYNETTE SOWELL   All hands on deck are needed for tomorrow’s annual waterway cleanup, sponsored by Keep Copperas Cove Beautiful. The event lasts from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m., and those interested in pitching in should meet at the Town Square shopping center near G.C. Services.