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CCISD gets financial efficiency marks from comptroller

News Staff

Fri, 03/07/2014 - 05:00

By LYNETTE SOWELL The Texas state comptroller’s office has released its 2013 Financial Allocation Study for Texas, or FAST, which compares school district resources and allocations to measured student academic progress.

Yaghi’s New York Pizzeria owner, Rod LaBrie prepares a fresh half Margherita and Spinach Roasted Garlic stone baked pizza for ustomers Tuesday.

Authentic NY style pizza brought to Cove

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Fri, 03/07/2014 - 05:00

By KERRI CHRISTENSEN Pizza allures people of all ages, but when it comes to authenticity and toppings the crowds divide. Yaghi’s New York Style Pizzeria opened Feb. 19 at 3010 U.S. Highway 190 Suite 106 in the Five Hills Shopping Center next to HE- B Plus!

Star Group Veterans Helping Veterans president Jonathan Haywood shakes hands with members of the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce after the grand opening ceremony and ribbon cutting Thursday evening.

Star Group holds official grand opening

News Staff

Tue, 03/04/2014 - 05:00

By CORRISA PETERSON Camaraderie and a sense of accomplishment filled the air as the Star Group Veterans Helping Veterans held its official grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony last Thursday evening at 202 South Fourth Street in Copperas Cove.

Deadline looms to get insured, avoid penalties

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Tue, 03/04/2014 - 05:00

BY JOHN MICHAELSON A major deadline looms for those Texans who want to get health insurance this year through the new ACA Marketplace. Open enrollment for plans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ends on March 31.

Trisha Bonilla tries to catch her breath after finishing sixth overall in the 10th annual Tough Cookie race Sunday morning.

One Tough Cookie

News Staff

Tue, 03/04/2014 - 05:00

By LYNETTE SOWELL Despite temperatures in the thirties, rain and wind on Sunday morning, about 83 women completed Sunday’s Tough Cookie Duathlon at Copperas Cove’s South Park.

Children cheer on the runners as they make their way through South Park in Copperas Cove. The annual race will sandwich a bike race around two runs through the park with all the funds raised going to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Lone Star Chapter.

Tough Cookie returns

News Staff

Fri, 02/28/2014 - 05:00

By LYNETTE SOWELL The Tough Cookie women’s duathlon has been giving women the opportunity to take to the roads on foot and by bicycle for the past 10 years in Copperas Cove. With 2014 being the 10th anniversary of the 1.5-mile running/10-mile bicycling/1.

5 brothers to open BBQ restaurant by end of March

News Staff

Fri, 02/28/2014 - 05:00

By LYNETTE SOWELL Copperas Cove graduate Michael Reick never knew his “urban family” brother Barry Sheffield, an Ellison graduate, while growing up in the local area, but the two are set to open Cove’s newest barbecue restaurant in a matter of weeks.

Robert Whitehead of Austin caught Toyota ShareLunker 555 from Lake Austin Feb. 21. The fish weighed 13.19 pounds and was 27.28 inches long and 19.84 inches in girth.

Lake Austin joins ShareLunker parade

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Fri, 02/28/2014 - 05:00

Lake Austin produced its twentieth Toyota ShareLunker February 21 when Robert Whitehead of Austin caught a 13.19-pound bass while fishing the upper end of the lake. Whitehead was fishing in five feet of water when the fish took his plastic worm about 1:30 p.m. The fish was 27.28 inches long and 19.

Gone Fishin ‘

News Staff

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 09:09

By TJ MAXWELL Sunny skies and a cool breeze set the stage for a great turnout at the annual Copperas Cove Fishing in the Park event at the duck pond in City Park Saturday.

Tuskegee Airman pays visit

News Staff

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 09:07

By CORRISA PETERSON A small church on the edge of Copperas Cove became a place of history and learning this weekend as one of the original Tuskegee Airmen visited Bethesda Fellowship Ministries Saturday afternoon. To view more please log in or subscribe to the digital edition.