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Cove sales tax revenues inch ahead from 2013

News Staff
Tue, 02/18/2014 - 11:34
By LYNETTE SOWELL   Copperas Cove will receive a sales tax rebate for February 2014 in the amount of $418,157.85, which edged up 1.4 percent from the $412,354.56 the city received in February 2013, according to the monthly report from the office of state comptroller Susan Combs.

Primary voting begins

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Tue, 02/18/2014 - 11:33
By CORRISA PETERSON   Early voting for the March 4 primary kicks off today and continues on to Feb. 28, with no voting occurring on Sunday, Feb. 23. The two locations for early voting in Coryell County are the Copperas City Council Chambers and the Gatesville Annex.

Shopping spree

News Staff
Fri, 02/14/2014 - 06:00
By CORRISA PETERSON Grocery shopping was more of a treat than a chore for one Copperas Cove resident Tuesday morning at HE- B Plus! Shawn Gunther, 36, was the winner of the three-minute shopping spree raffle Feb. 1.

Candidate Q & A for TX District 59

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Fri, 02/14/2014 - 06:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Three candidates for the Texas House of Representatives in District 59 will be on the Republican ballot for the March 4 primary; Danny Pelton, Howard Ray and incumbent J.D. Sheffield.

City holds close out hearing on waterline project

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Fri, 02/14/2014 - 06:00
By CORRISA PETERSON A public meeting was held Wednesday evening at the Copperas Cove Police Department to close out discussion on the 2012 Allen Street waterline replacement project. Katerina R. Dittemore of Grant Development Service presented information on how the project went.
Joelle Spinks and Victoria Ventura, fourth graders at Martin Walker Elementary School, use a black light to search for clues on a piece of paper containing a sentence with comma splices.

Joelle Spinks and Victoria Ventura, fourth graders at Martin Walker Elementary School, use a black light to search for clues on a piece of paper containing a sentence with comma splices.

Classroom CSIs

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Tue, 02/11/2014 - 06:00
By CORRISA PETERSON. Several fourth grade students at Martin Walker Elementary took on the role of crime scene investigators, or rather, comma splice investigators, Monday morning.

Classroom CSIs

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Tue, 02/11/2014 - 06:00
By CORRISA PETERSON. Several fourth grade students at Martin Walker Elementary took on the role of crime scene investigators, or rather, comma splice investigators, Monday morning.

School board meets tonight

News Staff
Tue, 02/11/2014 - 06:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL  The Copperas Cove Independent School District Board of Trustees will have its regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. tonight in the district’s administration building board room at 703 West Ave. D.

Loss of Impact Aid moves district to more budgeting

News Staff
Tue, 02/11/2014 - 06:00
By CORRISA PETERSON With news that the Copperas Cove Independent School District will lose about $16 million in Heavy Impact Aid for the upcoming school year, CCISD superintendent Joe Burns said parents have had a few questions.
Senior code compliance officer, Beau Brabbin, paints over a gang tagging left on the rear of Mighty Mart Jan. 28. With the help of volunteers the tagging and profanity were covered at no cost to the store that opened at the end of 2013.

Senior code compliance officer, Beau Brabbin, paints over a gang tagging left on the rear of Mighty Mart Jan. 28. With the help of volunteers the tagging and profanity were covered at no cost to the store that opened at the end of 2013.

Clean Slate

News Staff
Fri, 02/07/2014 - 06:00
By DAVID MORRIS. Partners and volunteers from HE-B Plus! joined forces with the City of Copperas Cove code enforcement Tuesday to clean up the mess of graffiti artists that left their mark Jan. 28 on the Mighty Mart located on Veterans Ave., Tuesday afternoon.