Copperas Cove city council comes to consensus on senior center funding sources

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    A new Copperas Cove Senior Center is a little closer to reality after Tuesday evening’s Copperas Cove city council workshop.  City Manager Ryan Haverlah outlined the current funding sources for the project as well as the shortfall.

Blanket Project helps those escaping domestic abuse

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   Escaping a domestic abuse situation can be extremely difficult and stressful, but volunteers with The Blanket Project hope to offer them a little bit of comfort and support with the gift of a homemade fleece blanket.

Community Health and Kempner Family Community Development Center to provide free tablets, phones for those who qualify on Saturday at the Copperas Cove library

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   The local Community Health Worker office and the Kempner Family Community Development Center are partnering together Saturday, February 10, to provide free tablets or phones to individuals who qualify under the government’s Affordable Connectivity Program, at...

Filing open for Copperas Cove city council Place 5 vacancy

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Filing open for Copperas Cove city council Place 5 vacancy By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Filing is now open through 5 p.m. on Monday, March 4, for a vacant spot on the Copperas Cove city council.

Feb. 5 deadline for voter registration ahead of March 5 primary

Special to the Leader-Press    Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson reminds Texans that the deadline to register or update their voter registration in time for the primary election is Monday, February 5.

Forty-eight Crossroads High students grads walk in winter commencement

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press    Another round of graduates crossed the stage at Lea Ledger Auditorium Friday evening for Crossroads High School’s Winter Commencement Ceremony.

February has lineup of county, state, and Congressional candidate events

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    With the start of the March 5 primary early voting a little less than three weeks away, Copperas Cove and Coryell County voters will have the opportunity to meet a number of candidates running for county, state, and national offices.

Montanez resigns, Copperas Cove city council to call for special election

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   At last week’s Jan. 16 meeting of the Copperas Cove city council, the council voted to accept the resignation of Manuel Montanez from Place 5.

Longtime Copperas Cove resident, Cove Santa, to be remembered

Clyde Delane Sowell Jr., known as CJ and “Cove Santa”, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, at his home in Copperas Cove. CJ was a beloved husband, father, papa, brother, uncle, and friend whose presence brightened the lives of everyone blessed to know him.

Wednesday house fire displaces four

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    A house fire broke out on Wednesday afternoon at the house on the corner of Oak Street and Rodney Avenue.  The Copperas Cove Fire Department responded with its ladder truck, fire engine, three ambulances, and two supervisors.