Eddie Bell Sr.:Local veteran, advocate remembered

By BRITTANY FHOLERCove Leader-Press  Copperas Cove resident and Army veteran Ret. 1st Sgt. Eddie Lee Bell Sr. was laid to rest last Wednesday at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen following a service at Bible Way Missionary Baptist Church in Copperas Cove.

Project Graduation offers safe, celebratory environment for Cove graduates

  Special to the Leader-Press   An estimated 350 graduates out of a class of 451 attended Project Graduation, the annual drug-free and alcohol-free all-night celebration that follows graduation ceremonies.

CCISD summer feeding program starts June 6

  By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Independent School District will start its annual Summer Feeding Program next week. Breakfast and lunch are free for anyone age 18 and under. Adults are also welcome to have breakfast and lunch, with breakfast trays costing $2.

VFW holds Memorial Day ceremony at Copperas Cove City Cemetery

By BRITTANY FHOLERCove Leader-Press Members of Cub Scout Pack #251 spread out across the city cemetery to place American flags at the gravesites of every veteran laid to rest in the cemetery for Memorial Day on Monday morning.

Copperas Cove Senior Center reopens with new director

By BRITTANY FHOLERCove Leader-Press Dozens of seniors made themselves at home in the main room of the Copperas Cove Senior Activity Center Wednesday morning, as the center reopened to the public.

Copperas Cove City Park restrooms on track for August completion

By BRITTANY FHOLERCove Leader-Press More than one year after the Copperas Cove City Council approved the design/build firm for the construction and renovation of the bathrooms at City Park, and about five years after the project was part of the phase parks improvement plan, construction is well...

Annual Food Truck Festival set for June 11 in Copperas Cove

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    The 5th annual Copperas Cove Food Truck Festival is set for Saturday, June 11, at Copperas Cove City Park from 5-10 p.m.

Copperas Cove man completes Texas Master Gardener certification

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    The Bell County Master Gardeners celebrated one of their largest graduating classes ever on Wednesday afternoon in Belton, and among the 25 graduates was David McWhorter, from Copperas Cove who completed the 200-hour certification course they all began in...

Covite, former battalion commander weighs in on renaming of Fort Hood

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    Last week, the Naming Commission announced the proposed name changes to nine military bases across the country, one of which is Fort Hood.  The name which will be submitted for Fort Hood is Fort Cavazos, the name of Gen. Richard Cavazos.  Ret. Col.

CCHS has 451 graduates cross the stage

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   More than 450 graduates walked across the stage at the Bell County Expo Center Friday evening, marking the end to their high school career and the beginning of their next stage in life.