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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...

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.

Coryell County Jail again out of state compliance

By BRITTANY FHOLERCove Leader-Press  As of Tuesday morning, the Coryell County Jail was again nearing full capacity, with 91 inmates housed with the walls of the 92-bed facility, and a total of 45 more inmates housed in other counties’ jails.

Coryell County votes in new commissioner in runoff

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The race for Coryell County Commissioner Precinct 4 came down to just 66 votes in the May 24 runoff. In early and absentee voting, Jonesboro’s Keith Taylor led with 220 votes, to incumbent Ray Ashby’s 189 votes.