🌱 What $34 million in new city projects means for Copperas Cove
Copperas Cove, Texas Patch AM: a 3 min readGreetings Copperas Cove! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- What $34 million in new city projects means for Copperas Cove
- How a Copperas Cove fifth-grader is brightening life for local seniors.
- How Copperas Cove’s own RGIII reached the Hall of Fame ballot
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 87 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 82, low: 71.
- Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 83 and low of 71 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Cove council signs off on $34 million in COs (kdhnews.com) — Copperas Cove’s City Council has moved ahead with up to $34 million in certificates of obligation to fund water, sewer, streets, drainage, solid waste, and golf course improvements, plus new fire safety record rules. Council members also approved a web-based inspection tracking system and a development and annexation agreement for the planned Sweetwater Hills mixed-use project along FM 1113. 
• Local Girl Scouts earn Bronze Award through Dolls for Seniors Project (kdhnews.com) — Copperas Cove fifth-grader Alexia Foster has earned the prestigious Girl Scout Bronze Award alongside her Harker Heights teammate for a heartfelt “Dolls for Seniors” project. Their effort brings comfort to memory care residents with donated dolls while building leadership, teamwork, and community service skills they plan to keep using with local seniors.
• Robert Griffin III named to 2027 College Football Hall of Fame Ballot (fox44news.com) — Copperas Cove native Robert Griffin III is up for one of college football’s highest honors, landing on the 2027 College Football Hall of Fame ballot after his record-setting Baylor career. The former Heisman winner and NFL standout now works as a national TV analyst while continuing his family’s charitable work supporting children, military families, and domestic abuse victims.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Little help needed again.
So i'm trying to do this lawn garden thing, and i'm completely oblivious to what i'm doing. So I started trying to do the edge thing on my yard… (Nextdoor Little) - Just bringing back a little History from Copperas Cove.
A young man born in Gonzalez ,Tx moved to Copperas Cove in early 1900,to live with his uncle.At twenty one and start of WW1 he was drafted into Army… (Nextdoor FM 1113)
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Fort Hood to host North East ISD JROTC cadets for immersive Army experience (forthoodmediacenter.com)
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- 5805 Thunder Horse Dr, Killeen, TX 76549 (zillow.com)
- Rodeo Killeen breaks attendance record ‘by far' with nearly 18,000 fans (kdhnews.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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