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CCISD schools evacuated for bomb threats as Texas Partners is robbed

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Thu, 09/25/2014 - 16:50
By DAVID MORRIS Cove Leader-Press   Students and faculty from Copperas Cove Independent school district were evacuated Thursday afternoon from their buildings across the city after the Copperas Cove Police department received a threat that a campus would be blown up if not evacuated  by 2 p.m.
A group of runners make their way through the neighborhoods of Copperas Cove as they take part in the annual 5K Gallop or Trot sponsored by H-E-B Plus!

A group of runners make their way through the neighborhoods of Copperas Cove as they take part in the annual 5K Gallop or Trot sponsored by H-E-B Plus!

Gallop or Trot

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Tue, 09/23/2014 - 05:00
By DAVID MORRIS The Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce drew 168 contestants to their annual Gallop or Trot 5K run sponsored by H-EB Plus, one of three races held in the city for the 16 scheduled races of the Centex Race Series. Contestants started at the Copperas Cove Civic Center, turning on Ave.

SG-VHV draws 24 vendors to health fair

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Tue, 09/23/2014 - 05:00
By DAVID MORRIS Taking advantage of the generosity from the City of Copperas Cove and the Chamber of Commerce, the Star Group Veterans Helping Veterans were able to ensure their inaugural health fair would be a dry affair, moving from the parking lot of their office on Ave.

Progress Cove vows to continue work on liquor petition

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Fri, 09/19/2014 - 11:57
By DAVID MORRIS   Members of the Progress Cove group who circulated a Local Option Election Petition to legalize the sale of alcoholic beverages to include mixed drinks learned their official fate Tuesday evening, falling more than 500 verified signatures short of having a valid petition.
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Stonerock first to graduate from class of 2015

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Fri, 09/19/2014 - 11:56
By WENDY SLEDD   While some students are still changing classes, 17 year-old Randy Stonerock has changed not only schools, but his life. Only three weeks into the new school year, Randy has gotten his final high school transcript and effectively graduated from high school.
Bonnie Herrings shows the proposed site of two plots of land she hopes to have rezoned from Residential 1 to Commercial so Century 21 Premier Realtors can build a two-story office building on.

Bonnie Herrings shows the proposed site of two plots of land she hopes to have rezoned from Residential 1 to Commercial so Century 21 Premier Realtors can build a two-story office building on.

Not so Easy St

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Fri, 09/19/2014 - 11:52
By DAVID MORRIS   Tuesday’s Copperas Cove City Council meeting was lively as Fire Station #2’s property is rezoned and another denied, appointments’ names drawn from a hat and Three Lemonheads visit council.
Families look at vehicles on display from the First Cavalry’s 115th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team during the annual Spurfest celebration in Gatesville.

Families look at vehicles on display from the First Cavalry’s 115th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team during the annual Spurfest celebration in Gatesville.

Spurfest

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Tue, 09/16/2014 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL   Despite cloudy skies and cooler temperatures, the crowds didn’t stay away from Spurfest, a one-day festival hosted by the Gatesville Chamber of Commerce. The day kicked off early with a 5K zombie obstacle course at 7 a.m.

FD informs of disaster preparedness

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Tue, 09/16/2014 - 05:00
By DAVID MORRIS   Deputy Fire Chief Gary Young’s first screening of Surviving Disaster welcomed citizens young and old Saturday morning to the Copperas Cove Public Library. The Surviving Disaster program shared how to properly make a plan for wildfires, tornadoes, floods, hurricanes and disasters.

City sees increase in sales tax from 2013

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Tue, 09/16/2014 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL   The sales tax numbers for August 2014 are in, and the city of Copperas Cove’s tax rebate for the month is $318,505.67, up from $300,192.24 from August 2013, a 6.1 percent increase from last year, according to the report released from the office of state comptroller Susan Combs.