Copperas Cove EDC holds first quarterly #ShopCove Pop Up Market and #HireCove Job Fair at the Narrows

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   Dozens of vendors set up along Charles Tillman Way, in the Narrows Business and Technology Park, Saturday morning for the inaugural #ShopCove quarterly pop-up market and #HireCove Job Fair hosted by the Copperas Cove Economic Development Corporation.

Missing Copperas Cove 15-year-old found, 33-year-old Colorado man arrested

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   After an extensive investigation and search, a 33-year-old man from Denver, Colorado was arrested in the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 14, in connection with the disappearance of a 15-year-old Copperas Cove girl.

Family searching for missing 15-year-old Copperas Cove teen

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   A Copperas Cove 15-year-old left her Judy Lane residence between 7:45 and 8:15 p.m. on Monday, June 12, and is still missing as of Tuesday afternoon. Jennifer Morello is searching for her daughter, Kahlan Morello, who is believed to be in danger.

Elevate Hydration opens storefront in Cove Terrace

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   Just a few months after starting its IV and injection therapy business out of an RV, Elevate Hydration opened its first brick and mortar in the Cove Terrace Shopping Center.

Cove ISD staff train in use of Narcan as both House and Senate pass measure

By WENDY SLEDD Special to the Leader-Press   In anticipation of Texas Senate Bill 629 being signed into law which would require public schools to keep an opioid antagonist medication, such as Narcan, on campuses, Copperas Cove ISD staff voluntarily trained in how to correctly use the reversing...

Copperas Cove ISD administrators train in new character-based curriculum

By WENDY SLEDD Special to the Leader-Press   Relational. Intentional. Transformational. Those are the top three words used to describe a new character-based curriculum for students that Copperas Cove ISD is implementing in the 2023-2024 school year.

CTC offering adult water aerobics this summer

Special to the Leader-Press   The Central Texas College (CTC) Continuing Education department is offering water aerobics classes for adults age 50-plus.

Copperas Cove city council approves distributing HOT funds to the Chamber of Commerce

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce made its reports to the Copperas Cove city council on Tuesday evening, for the first two quarters of the 2022-2023 fiscal year visitor bureau operations.

Copperas Cove city council okays proceeding with annual bond funds, scholarship pageant program ordinance

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  The city’s annual bond funding was on the agenda at Tuesday night’s Copperas Cove city council meeting. The Certificate of Obligation bonds for 2023 will total $9,685,000. The tax-supported part of the bond funds for 2023 totals $3,120,409.

Kevin Keller receives Community Builder Award

By PAMELA GRANTCove Leader-Press Members of the Mt. Hiram Lodge #595 presented Public Relations Director, Kevin Keller, with the Community Builder Award Tuesday evening to thank him for his incredible service to the community.James Cooney, Chairman of the Community Builder Award Committee,...