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Council votes 5-1 on proposed hike of property taxes

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Fri, 08/01/2014 - 14:07
By DAVID MORRIS Cove Leader-Press   Copperas Cove City Councilman Mark Peterson officially proposed a tax rate increase from the current rate of  $0.7774 to $0.79 per $100 of assessed property value during a special meeting Thursday evening inside council chambers at the Economic Development...
Walter L. Prugh, left, Mayor John A. Hull and Lynn C. Cox received their 50-year distinguished member awards from Mt. Hiram Masonic Lodge 595 in January 2013.

Walter L. Prugh, left, Mayor John A. Hull and Lynn C. Cox received their 50-year distinguished member awards from Mt. Hiram Masonic Lodge 595 in January 2013.

Judge Prugh passes away at age 94

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Fri, 08/01/2014 - 05:00
By DAVID MORRIS   Walter Leon Prugh passed away Monday inside Scott and White Hospital in Temple, less than a month after his 94th birthday and two weeks after suffering a stroke and heart attack on his Kempner ranch.
The Copperas Cove Police Department was completed in December of 2009 without having to raise property taxes on the residents of Copperas Cove. The city is in the planning stage for two new fire stations.

The Copperas Cove Police Department was completed in December of 2009 without having to raise property taxes on the residents of Copperas Cove. The city is in the planning stage for two new fire stations.

Paying the piper

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Fri, 08/01/2014 - 05:00
By DAVID MORRIS   Copperas Cove residents should begin preparing themselves for their next year’s tax bill as city staff projects an increase of 2.5 cents from the effective rate of  $0.7517 per $100 value to $0.7774 per value in order to meet the budget requirements for the next fiscal year.
Campaign signs hang on a fence along Veterans Ave. The word “for” on the signs has become a hot topic between the candidates with Lack and Duncan both admitting they inadvertently left off the word.

Campaign signs hang on a fence along Veterans Ave. The word “for” on the signs has become a hot topic between the candidates with Lack and Duncan both admitting they inadvertently left off the word.

Place 5 candidates report expenses

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Fri, 08/01/2014 - 05:00
By DAVID MORRIS   All three candidates involved in the bid for Copperas Cove City Council Place 5 seat vacated by Kenn Smith in March issued their expense reports to the Texas Ethics Commission in mid- July with top vote getter Kirby Lack spending the most followed by Azeita Taylor and finally...
Rebecka Downing of Copperas Cove pumping gas at the H-E-B Plus.

Rebecka Downing of Copperas Cove pumping gas at the H-E-B Plus.

Customers paying less at pump than a year ago

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Tue, 07/29/2014 - 09:34
Average retail gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 3.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.38/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 13,114 gas outlets in Texas.
Brooke Schulze breaks into a smile as she presents Stoney Brook resident Asberry Stephens with a bouquet of flowers during the National Make Someone Smile week.

Brooke Schulze breaks into a smile as she presents Stoney Brook resident Asberry Stephens with a bouquet of flowers during the National Make Someone Smile week.

The Daisy hand delivers 75 smiles

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Tue, 07/29/2014 - 09:32
By DAVID MORRIS   Nearly seven years ago was the last time Wilma Bilyeu received a bouquet of flowers, and thanks to The Daisy Floral Shop, she received a Happy Bouquet Friday afternoon as part of the Make Someone Smile Week celebration by Telafloral.
William Horton shakes the hand of Coryell County District Attorney Dusty Boyd after accepting his certificate of completion from Law Enforcement Explorers Program Friday evening.

William Horton shakes the hand of Coryell County District Attorney Dusty Boyd after accepting his certificate of completion from Law Enforcement Explorers Program Friday evening.

Explorers graduate

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Tue, 07/29/2014 - 09:30
By DAVID MORRIS   Prior to entering the Copperas Cove Police Department’s Law Enforcement Explorers Program, Andrew Sowder, 16, was sure his path would end up behind bars.
George Duncan, center, congratulates Kirby Lack, left, after results of the Special Election are posted on the old City Hall doors. Lack received the most votes but not enough to claim the election outright, forcing a runoff with Azeita Taylor.

George Duncan, center, congratulates Kirby Lack, left, after results of the Special Election are posted on the old City Hall doors. Lack received the most votes but not enough to claim the election outright, forcing a runoff with Azeita Taylor.

Lack and Taylor to runoff for Place 5 seat

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Fri, 07/25/2014 - 05:00
By DAVID MORRIS   With one candidate failing to collect more than 50 percent of the 650 votes cast during the Special election frontrunners Kirby Lack and Azeita Taylor are headed to a runoff vote that will be called for during the August 5 regular meeting of the Copperas Cove City Council.
Construction on the South bypass is at 88 percent completion after three years of work. Scheduled completion is the fall of 2014.

Construction on the South bypass is at 88 percent completion after three years of work. Scheduled completion is the fall of 2014.

South bypass inches toward completion

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Fri, 07/25/2014 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL   A little more than three years after work began on the southeast bypass, the project is now 88.77 percent complete as of July 1.

CCISD looks ahead to 2014-2015 budget

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Fri, 07/25/2014 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL   Still smarting from the sting of losing approximately$6 million in federal Heavy Impact Aid funding, the Copperas Cove Independent  School District administration is looking ahead to the 2014-2015 school year budget.