Polar plunge

Despite drizzly weather in the mid-forties, a record number of people gathered at the Copperas Cove City Park Pool for the opportunity to immerse themselves in the frigid water as part of the city’s 15th annual Polar Bear Swim      To view more please log in or subscribe to the digital edition. 

Welch Foundation names teachers of the quarter

Popularity among the student population paid off for four Copperas Cove High School teachers. For the second consecutive year, the Welch Foundation awarded four teachers a certificate and $100 each. Students visited a booth during their lunch period, said CCHS Coach Jeremy Shannon.

Bypass opens after 30 years of planning

  By LYNETTE SOWELL Springlike temperatures held on long enough for the southeast bypass and F.M. 2657 ribbon cutting ceremony to take place yesterday under sunny skies.

Hidden secrets

By LYNETTE SOWELL   The mound of tires stretches for six hundred of feet in length and is more than 15 tall and 50 feet wide. BELOW: Tires of all shapes and sizes have been piled on the property that once belonged to John C. Neeley who operated Camie’s Tire Company with Carmela Crisp.

Winner winner...

By WENDY SLEDD   There may be no school on Saturdays for most students, but more than 700 teens converged in the hallways and classrooms of Copperas Cove High School on Saturday hoping for a win that would take them to the next level.

EDC board gets first quarter report, discusses signage

By LYNETTE SOWELL   So far for the fiscal year 2014-2015, the Copperas Cove Economic Development Corporation is coming out ahead of where it was at the end of the first quarter from last year as far as its share of sales tax revenue is concerned.

Trustees President celebrates 20 years of service

By Wendy Sledd   CCISD Board of Trustees President Joan Manning describes herself as a “PTA mom” who spent many hours volunteering in her children’s schools when she was recruited to file for a vacant seat on the local school board.

Hull selected as Central Texas Girl Scouts Woman of Distinction for Cove

Copperas Cove Economic Development Corporation Director of Business Development Monica Hull, right, was presented flowers and cookies from the Girl Scouts of Central Texas.  Hull was selected as the Copperas Cove Woman of Distinction after being nominated by Sherry Hoffpauir, left.

Trustees honored

By LYNETTE SOWELL   The parents and staff of Halstead Elementary School treated the Copperas Cove Independent School District board of trustees to a plentiful breakfast smorgasbord on Wednesday morning, in commemoration of January’s school board appreciation month.

Kempner Water raises rates on customers

By DAVID MORRIS   Central Texas residents have been able to breathe a sigh of relief while visiting the gas pumps during the recent nine-month dip at the pump to see gas prices less than two dollars a gallon.