New school year brings pay raises for CCISD child nutrition staff, menu changes  

Special to the Leader-Press    A new school year is in full swing, as the cafeterias on all 11 Copperas Cove ISD campuses are buzzing, once again, with hundreds of students each day.

September Saturday running events provide outdoor opportunities for locals

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    Two outdoor run/walk events will give locals the opportunity to get out and move this month.  Held in-person for the first time since 2019, the Gallop or Trot 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, Sept. 16 at Copperas Cove City Park.

Tuesday afternoon duplex fire in Copperas Cove displaces four

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    A Tuesday afternoon fire that started inside a storage building destroyed the duplex on Marston Street in Copperas Cove. It took 24 minutes from the time of the alarm to it being deemed under control, according to Copperas Cove Fire Chief Gary Young.

Copperas Cove doubles 2022 Peanut Butter Bowl numbers

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    The numbers are in for the 2023 Peanut Butter Bowl, and Copperas Cove more than doubled its collection from 2022. A grand total of 8,207 jars of peanut butter were collected throughout the city from August 1 through August 26.

Local residents have opportunity to participate in electric plan "auction" for potential savings

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    While the high temperatures of summer have meant high power bills for many electricity customers, a Texas-based company is presenting the opportunity for locals to put their names in the hat for an electricity plan “auction” that could possibly save them some...

Girl Scouts hold open house at library

By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   With the start of a new year of school, the Girl Scouts of Copperas Cove are also beginning a new year of scouts.

After scan rainfall on Sunday in Copperas Cove, drought persists

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    Although many Copperas Cove residents rejoiced on Sunday with the thunderstorms that rolled through the area that gave some rain, Central Texas is still experiencing exceptional drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor updated weekly.

Copperas Cove, area fire departments respond to 31 fire calls during last two weeks of August

  By BUDD JOHNSON  Cove Leader-Press    The Fire Danger Outlook assessment has not changed, even as some folks have received rain. The County Burn Ban is still in place along with 207 other counties in Texas.  Fuel Dryness is still in the Extremely Dry level.

Copperas Cove Planning and Zoning meeting draws a crowd

By LYNETTE SOWELLL  Cove Leader-Press    The city council chambers were filled for Monday night’s Planning & Zoning Commission meeting, and an overflow audience watched via live stream at the library meeting room next door.

EDC’s quarterly popup market and job fair continue to grow

Special to the Leader-Press    The Copperas Cove Economic Development Corporation is celebrating a successful second #ShopCove Quarterly Popup Market and #HireCove Job Fair.