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County signs agreements with fire departments

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Fri, 11/28/2014 - 07:31
By LYNETTE SOWELL County officials approved eight firefighting agreements with eight fire departments in Coryell County, for the county to provide firefighting and fire protection service to unincorporated.   To view more please log in or subscribe to the digital edition. 
Scouts from Troop 224 help move bags of donated food for transport during the 25th annual Food For Families food drive Friday evening.

Scouts from Troop 224 help move bags of donated food for transport during the 25th annual Food For Families food drive Friday evening.

Food for Families

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Tue, 11/25/2014 - 05:00
By DAVID MORRIS   For 25 years, KWTX in conjunction with the Boy Scouts of America has been collecting non-perishable food products for the Food For Families drive, collecting canned meats, vegetables, cereals, baby food along with peanut butter, beans, rice, flour, sugar and pasta with sauce to...

Vets wreath laying set for Saturday

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Tue, 11/25/2014 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL   The annual wreath laying at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery will take place Saturday, with a ceremony at 10 a.m.

EDC to hold social media workshop

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Tue, 11/25/2014 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL   Getting the word out, if you’re a small business owner, can be hard when you’re trying to make money at the same time. And now, with the social media world ever expanding, business owners have the world at their fingertips. Tonight from 5:45-7:00 p.m.
Ernest Sapp is coated in silly string as he accepts his grant monies from the Education Foundation Thursday morning. Sapp is an instructor at Fairview/Jewell and is one of 16 educators from the campus to receive a grant.

Ernest Sapp is coated in silly string as he accepts his grant monies from the Education Foundation Thursday morning. Sapp is an instructor at Fairview/Jewell and is one of 16 educators from the campus to receive a grant.

CCEF Prize Patrol

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Fri, 11/21/2014 - 05:00
By DAVID MORRIS   The Copperas Cove Education Foundation Grant team made the rounds of Copperas Cove Independent School district visiting nine campuses distributing $30,551 to 38 teachers.

Board appoints new principal to Crossroads/DAEP campus

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Fri, 11/21/2014 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL   On Tuesday night, the Copperas Cove Independent School District board of trustees voted to accept the administration’s recommendation of James Irick as the new principal of Crossroads High School and the Avenue E Alternative Education campus.
Peggy Thompson was the guest speaker to the Noon club and Father Chris Downey (below) the speaker for the morning club’s One Nation Under God meetings.Thompson is Sandor Veigh and Joyce Hauk with Father Downey

Peggy Thompson was the guest speaker to the Noon club and Father Chris Downey (below) the speaker for the morning club’s One Nation Under God meetings.Thompson is Sandor Veigh and Joyce Hauk with Father Downey

Morning and Noon clubs celebrate one nation under God

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Fri, 11/21/2014 - 05:00
BY DAVID MORRIS   Select members of the Copperas Cove High School choir performed an acapella rendition of My Country Tis of Thee during the weekly meeting before Father Chris Downey of Holy Family Catholic Church shared a message with the club.
Diana Bohn disposed of several unwanted tires with the help of city worker, Jay Alexander. Tire disposal normally costs $3 or $7 depending on size, but Covites were allowed to dispose of them for free during Saturday’s fall cleanup.

Diana Bohn disposed of several unwanted tires with the help of city worker, Jay Alexander. Tire disposal normally costs $3 or $7 depending on size, but Covites were allowed to dispose of them for free during Saturday’s fall cleanup.

Residents brave cold during fall cleanup

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Tue, 11/18/2014 - 10:03
By PAMELA GRANT   Covites braved the cold weather and headed to the city’s solid waste facility on Saturday during the fall cleanup sponsored by Keep Copperas Cove Beautiful and the Solid Waste Department.

Council canvasses votes, prepares for new members

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Tue, 11/18/2014 - 10:02
By DAVID MORRIS   Copperas Cove City Secretary Mariela Altott presented the official returns from the Nov. 4 ballots that held two council seat positions and eight city charter amendments.
Portions of Kenney Dr and Nathan Lane have been stripped down to road base after years of abuse have worn away the asphalt of the roads in the Sunset Estates subdivision north of Copperas Cove. The contractor of the subdivision went bankrupt prior to the completion of the project leaving the roads without repair for over a decade.

Portions of Kenney Dr and Nathan Lane have been stripped down to road base after years of abuse have worn away the asphalt of the roads in the Sunset Estates subdivision north of Copperas Cove. The contractor of the subdivision went bankrupt prior to the completion of the project leaving the roads without repair for over a decade.

Where the blacktop Ends

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Tue, 11/18/2014 - 10:00
By DAVID MORRIS   More than a decade of abuse has two roads in Coryell County riddled with more holes than a slice of swiss cheese and in need of repair.