File photo -- Members of Manna Church help serve during the Copperas Cove Senior Center’s grand opening in February. Presently the center is open reduced hours and cold meals are being provided during the week while the kitchen is undergoing repairs.

File photo -- Members of Manna Church help serve during the Copperas Cove Senior Center’s grand opening in February. Presently the center is open reduced hours and cold meals are being provided during the week while the kitchen is undergoing repairs.

Senior Center reopens with shortened hours, kitchen out of service

david_morris
Wed, 09/02/2026 - 15:50
By LYNETTE SOWELL-STEVENS Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Senior Center reopened last week...
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Raiders sneak past Cove, 42-35

Fri, 09/04/2026 - 23:46

By Jason Chlapek Cove Leader-Press   In a game where starting quarterback Craig Davis III left with an injury in the second quarter, the Copperas Cove football team still had a chance to win at the end Friday night. But in the end, it wasn’t meant to be.

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File Photo - A rendering shows the concept of the more than 250,000-square-foot clinic to be constructed on the east side of Copperas Cove. The groundbreaking is set for Oct. 8.

File Photo - A rendering shows the concept of the more than 250,000-square-foot clinic to be constructed on the east side of Copperas Cove. The groundbreaking is set for Oct. 8.

Copperas Cove VA Clinic groundbreaking set for Oct. 8

david_morris
Wed, 09/02/2026 - 08:26
By LYNETTE SOWELL-STEVENS Cove Leader-Press    On Wednesday morning, the Central Texas Veterans...

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Raiders sneak past Cove, 42-35

david_morris
Fri, 09/04/2026 - 23:46
By Jason Chlapek Cove Leader-Press   In a game where starting quarterback Craig Davis III left with...
Kyra Gaston, a 2022 graduate of Copperas Cove High School, was recently awarded her place in the girls volleyball record books with the National Federation of State High School Associations, or NFHS.

Kyra Gaston, a 2022 graduate of Copperas Cove High School, was recently awarded her place in the girls volleyball record books with the National Federation of State High School Associations, or NFHS.

CCHS grad Gaston earns spot in HS volleyball record book

david_morris
Thu, 06/25/2026 - 12:33
Special to the Leader-Press    A Bulldawg has cemented herself in the national high school...

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Mixon

david_morris
Thu, 05/07/2026 - 14:58
   Patsy Jean Brewer Mixon September 9, 1947 ~ May 4, 2026   Patsy Jean Brewer Mixon passed from...

Simpson

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Thu, 05/07/2026 - 14:57
Andrew Reilly Simpson April 29, 1968 – May 3, 2026   Andrew Reilly Simpson, April 29, 1968 – May 3,...
Linda Ledger

Linda Ledger

Ledger

david_morris
Thu, 02/19/2026 - 13:00
Linda Carol Ledger March 10, 1944 ~ February 13, 2026 Linda Carol Ledger, age 81, of Copperas Cove,...

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