Copperas Cove area music instructors to offer children’s music lessons, scholarships

By PAMELA GRANTCove Leader-Press Husband and wife duo Jonathan and Crystal Owens with Rainbow Heart Studio held a garage sale Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in Copperas Cove to raise funds to create the Rainbow Heart Studio Scholarship Fund.

House Creek Elementary School celebrates Veterans Day

By PAMELA GRANTCove Leader-Press More than 600 students, dozens of parents, and House Creek Elementary staff members sprawled around the school’s parking lot as they participated in the school’s annual Veteran’s Day parade.

Copperas Cove's Martin Walker Elementary Reading Buddies program boosts student literacy and self confidence

Special to the Leader-Press   Research has consistently shown that reading aloud to young children can help them build thinking skills and comprehension. The more you read with children, the better they will understand words and sentences on their own as they develop.

Copperas Cove Junior High qualifies twice as many students for Region 8, West Zone Band than any other participating school districts

  Special to the Leader-Press Thirteen schools, 407 junior high band members, and only 189 All-Region junior high band members are chosen.

Cove House holding annual banquet

  By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Cove House Emergency Homeless Shelter is holding its annual fundraising banquet on Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Copperas Cove Civic Center, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Copperas Cove businesses getting on board for Small Business Saturday

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    Small Business Saturday is held the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and this year the Copperas Cove small business community is hoping for shoppers to come out and support them in droves.

Copperas Cove elects two new council members, CCISD incumbent unseated

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   There will be a new face at Place 4 on the Copperas Cove city council, as John Hale came out ahead in the polls in the Nov. 8 election, with 3,566 votes, or 54.46 percent. Fellow candidate, Editha Natividad, received 2,982 votes, or 45.54 percent.

Cove Blue Santa opens for applications Nov. 12

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press The Cove Blue Santa program will begin accepting applications for families in need starting this Saturday, November 12. The program is for children ages 15 and under.

Hale gets Place 4 Copperas Cove City Council seat

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   There will be a new face at Place 4 on the Copperas Cove city council, as John Hale came out ahead in the polls during the Nov. 8 election, with 3,566 votes, or 54.46 percent. Fellow candidate, Editha Natividad, received 2,982 votes, or 45.54 percent.

Moose Lodge national chairman visits Copperas Cove

By PAMELA GRANTCove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove Moose Lodge had the special honor of receiving a visit from Bruce T. Masopust, Chairman of the Board for the Moose Fraternity.