The COVID-19 pandemic has students out of school but still completing their school work through in-home lessons. But, what about physical education class? Prior to Spring Break, Martin Walker Elementary used a family-favorite game to teach students fitness exercises they can do at home until…

Grumpy, an 8-year-old bulldog, lays in his cage, showing the white of his eyes and his sadness as people walk him in the Copperas Cove Animal Control Facility. He longs for some affection and a home to call his own. Grumpy is one of dozens of cats and dogs at the shelter who are able to prov…

Thelma Jesus has walked the halls of House Creek Elementary for years. She knows all the nooks and crannies of the school along with how to run the laminating and copy machines. Jesus began working with House Creek students as a volunteer. But, she knew she wanted to offer even More of her t…

Fairview/Miss Jewell Elementary School student Tia Way concentrated as she clapped out the beats to a half note, quarter note and whole note as she determined if this was the music she wanted to create.

More than 20 million children live in a home without the physical presence of a father. Millions more have dads who are physically present, but emotionally absent. If it were classified as a virus like COVID-19, fatherlessness would be an epidemic worthy of attention as a national emergency.

One student sits in a chair with her back to the chalkboard as students go up one by one and write something positive about her. As the student turns around to read all of the encouraging affirmations, she beams with a smile on her face from ear to ear.

The number of homeless veterans jumped form 39,000 nationwide in 2016 to more than 67,000 by 2019 with Texas ranking number three for having the highest homeless veteran population according to themilitarywallet.com.

Martin Walker Elementary first-year teacher Emily Apolinar does not wait for what she doesn’t know.,Instead, she seeks out answers. Since her first day in the school district, Apolinar has poured herself into lesson planning and has invested countless hours working with her team to provide t…

No one puts more pressure on Copperas Cove ISD Director of Communications Wendy Sledd than she does herself.

Every public school student in the United States learns about photosynthesis, electricity and the human digestive system. But, Copperas Cove ISD also teaches students how to develop software applications and provides the opportunity to learn about algorithms through computer programming.

Empty calories from added sugars and solid fats contribute to 40 percent of daily calories for children and adolescents age 2–18 years—affecting the overall quality of their diets. Schools are in a unique position to provide students with opportunities to learn about and practice healthy eat…

Fort Hood has a military strength of nearly 36,000 soldiers and airmen and nearly 53,000 family members, providing a large consumer base for local businesses and organizations. Little Miss Five Hills Mikayla Heileson, 5, sees that as an opportunity to honor her father. The kindergartener is …

Every 11 minutes, someone dies in the United States due to an opioid overdose. The abuse of OxyContin, other prescription pain relievers, and heroin are contributing to the crisis developing in Texas and across the U.S. The influx of opioids like heroin and Fentanyl from across the U.S. bord…

Note: The original story posted on Friday, March 6, 2020 said the airmen visited S.C. Lee Junior High School. This story has been corrected to reflect that the visit happened at Copperas Cove Junior High School.

There was standing room only in the cafeteria at Hettie Halstead Elementary as parents, teachers and students prepared to watch history in the making.

When Keanthony Jackson arrived on his first day of work at the Fairview/Miss Jewell Elementary, he immediately stood out as a person that was going to make an impact for students. One of the first things he asked the principal, Rebekah Shuck, was if he could start his Kids of Distinction Club.

TEMPLE — Many families travel far from home and spend several weeks or months to get treatment for their seriously ill or injured children at Children’s Hospital at Scott & White in Temple. It can be a long time for children to be separated from their parents and parents separated from t…

There are 10 species of rattlesnakes in Texas, from the Western Diamondback to the Blacktailed Rattlesnake found in Central Texas. On average, 1 to 2 people in Texas die each year from venomous snake bites. The Copperas Cove Five Hills royalty interacted with master snake handlers and held s…

Copperas Cove ISD students get the unique opportunity of learning leadership qualities during their schooling years. This allows students to participate and prove their skills as the better leaders who can bring a change for creating a better world.

As the Copperas Cove High School DECA chapter headed to Fort Worth, all students could think of is making their advisor, their school and their community proud and upholding the organization’s reputation. The pressure was on.

More than 400,000 babies are born in Texas annually. Preparing for first-time parenthood is met with many questions, concerns, and needs. From breastfeeding to diaper changing, even the simplest tasks can seem daunting as a new parent.

Sunday, March 1, is the deadline to enter the Copperas Cove Five Hills Scholarship Pageant presented by Manning Homes and sponsored by VFW Post #8577. More than $85,000 in college scholarships and prizes including Dell laptop computers; gymnastics, dance and self-defense lessons; and tickets…

Miniature Miss Five Hills Autumn Munoz made her way down the halls of the Olin E. Teague Veterans Hospital armed with homemade valentine cards that she shared with residents along with a hug and words of appreciation for their service.

Scalene, Isosceles, and Equi-what? A triangle is a basic polygon used in geometry that consists of three straight lines and three angles. A triangle also possesses three vertices or corners.

Nearly 40 percent of middle-schoolers said they’d been bullied according to a study by the non-profit organization, YouthTruth. At a time when bullying is on the rise across the country, Copperas Cove Junior High student Daniel

“Wash your hands and get them clean. It will keep you healthy. You know what I mean.” Copperas Cove Health Sciences student Kimberly Cimmino sang to pre-K students at Mae Stevens Early Learning Academy as she helped them learn the importance of handwashing now more than even during flu seaso…

The Copperas Cove community will be seeing red on the runway on Saturday in recognition of February being Heart Month. Young Miss Five Hills Angelica Torres heads up a Go Red for Women Fashion Show at Keep Copperas Cove’s Eco Fling on Saturday at the Copperas Cove Civic Center at 11 a.m.

With the touch of our finger—several times a day—we all count on electricity to light up our lives. Students begin learning about electricity with an introduction to the most basic unit in ordinary matter, the atom. Once the components of an atom are addressed and understood, students move i…

When going to the hospital, most patients can count the support of their family. Local medical facilities make it easy to visit hospitalized family and friends. The difference with veterans’ hospitals is location.

One in seven children ages 6-12 years suffered a toothache in the last six months. Tooth decay or cavities is a chronic condition for one in every five children in elementary school. At least 20% of elementary age students in the nation have at least one untreated cavity. The percentage of c…

Five-year old Mikayla Heilison has proven her resilience at a very young age. The daughter of a soldier stationed at Fort Hood, she often endures long periods of time when her father is deployed, in field training or on temporary duty somewhere far from home.

SAN ANTONIO — Copperas Cove High School band members Lillian Peterson and David Sweetwood will perform with the Texas All-State 6A Band in San Antonio on Saturday and CCHS choir student Parker A. Reed will perform with the Texas All-State 6A Choir as part of the 2020 Texas Music Educators As…

Supercells, updrafts, downdrafts, wall clouds, funnel clouds, downbursts, microbursts, tornadoes, hail, and flash-flooding were discussed earlier this week during Skywarn 2020, a National Weather Service program designed to educate the public and train new storm spotters.

Clements/Parsons Elementary Assistant Principal Kirk Balk is a favorite when reading to first graders about Johnny Appleseed and wearing a metal pan on his head.

Emma Baldwin is a problem-solver. The 11 year old is committed to not just changing the world around her but observing what is negatively affecting those around her and putting in place a plan resolve the issues.

More than 50,000 children in Texas are in the Department of Human Services foster care system. Many of these children are removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect. The Coryell County Rainbow Room, operated by volunteers, works to meet the needs of these children when they are forced …

During the Holocaust, 1.5 million children, the majority of whom were Jewish, were murdered either directly or as a direct consequence of Nazi actions. Children were especially vulnerable to death carried out by the Nazi regime which began segregating Jewish children in school as early as 1933.

Experience helps build a champion athlete, but practice makes perfect. While the S. C. Lee Junior High cheerleaders did not receive a perfect score from the judges at the Texas Cheerleader Fun Cheer Open State Championship in Georgetown last Saturday, they did score highly enough to capture …

While other children were learning the alphabet, Mathew Perry, at three years old, was learning how to read and understand how the relationship between weather, tide, and vegetation growth determined fish patterns.