🌱 How Copperas Cove’s new virtual academy could change school for your family
Copperas Cove, Texas Patch AM: a 4 min readWhat's up Copperas Cove! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Copperas Cove’s new virtual academy could change school for your family
Also on today's calendar: Jack Rabbit Run 5K/10K and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Cloudy and humid, with a high of 80 and low of 67 degrees.
- Thursday: A gusty t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 80, low: 69.
- Friday: Decreasing clouds and humid, with a high of 87 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• Copperas Cove ISD announces launch of virtual program option for grade 3-12 students in upcoming 2026-2027 school year (coveleaderpress.com) — Copperas Cove ISD is launching Central Texas Innovation Academy, a new virtual campus for grades 3-12 that follows the district calendar and connects students to CCISD programs. Local and statewide students can enroll, with area residents eligible for laptops and extracurriculars, plus access to career pathways, dual credit, and Early College options that can lead to degrees and industry certifications. 
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Visual Art PLC
Dock Jackson Jr. Professional Learning Center, 902 Rev R A Abercrombie Dr, Killeen
1:00 pm
Friday April 24
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Other local events
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Cove JV Gold Baseball vs Midway
Copperas Cove High School , 400 S 25th St , Copperas Cove
5:00 pm -
JV Blue Baseball vs Midway
Midway High School , 8200 Mars Dr , Waco
5:00 pm -
V Baseball vs Killeen
Killeen High School , 500 N 38th St , Killeen
7:00 pm -
V Baseball vs Killeen
Killeen High School , 500 N 38th St , Killeen
7:00 pm -
Survivors Tea Party
Killeen Arts and Activities Center , 801 N 4th St B , Killeen
10:00 am -
Lone Star Card Show: Earl Campbell, Marc Thompson, 100+ Tables and Free Entry in Killeen
Killeen Civic and Conference Center , 3601 S W S Young Dr , Killeen
10:00 am -
Open Studio Workshop- Pick any Painting or Project
Painting with a Twist , 716 Indian Trail Ste 220 , Harker Heights
3:00 pm -
Jack Rabbit Run 5K/10K
Ogletree Gap Preserve , 1878 Post Office Rd , Copperas Cove
12:00 pm
Thursday April 23
Friday April 24
Saturday April 25
Saturday May 9
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Artificial Intelligence "AI" & You
Monteith Abstract & Title - Killeen , 2500 Bacon Ranch Rd , Killeen
9:30 am -
Basic Women's Handgun Fundamentals
The Gun Range - Educational & Training Facility , 2401 S Fort Hood St , Killeen
4:00 pm -
JV Blue Baseball vs Midway
Midway High School , 8200 Mars Dr , Waco
5:00 pm -
Cove JV Gold Baseball vs Midway
Copperas Cove High School , 400 S 25th St , Copperas Cove
5:00 pm
Wednesday April 22
Thursday April 23
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Dog Crying right now!
Within earshot here on Lincoln ave. Please check on your neighbors. (Nextdoor Lincoln Ave) - This sweet lady needs a home!
Meet Midge, the sweetest little thing you’ll ever meet. (I can’t have her, I have too many animals already). Shes about 9months old but doesn’t look… (Nextdoor Little)
- InstaSwim LLC posted a job opening for Private Swim Instructor in Copperas Cove. Apply here.
- City of Copperas Cove posted a job opening for Library Supervisor in Copperas Cove. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Copperas Cove here.
🗞 Nearby News
Fort Hood
- ‘PhantomX': Fort Hood announces 2026 innovation effort — a ‘Phantom Experimentation Laboratory' (kdhnews.com)
- 1st Cavalry Division soldiers will get the Army's newest tank and infantry combat vehicle first (taskandpurpose.com)
- Hutto's crisis K9 Chase makes rounds across Central Texas in busy first month (cbsaustin.com)
Killeen
- Killeen chamber hosts second ‘Morning Stir' networking forum (kdhnews.com)
- Killeen council officially hires a returning department head as new executive director of public works (kdhnews.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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