Crews work to move dirt at the intersection of FM 116 and State Highway 9 this week. The Texas Department of Transportation is constructing a pair of overpasses on FM 116, one for northbound traffic and one for southbound. The overpasses will eliminate the need for a traffic light at the intersection, the scene of multiple wrecks, including a fatality. See the story on Page 3. – PHOTO BY LARRY HAUK
The Mayborn Science Theater, located on the campus of Central Texas College, offers spring break matinee shows on March 15 and 16. Four shows will air on both days. Tickets for the matinees are $5 per person, per show.
Copperas Cove Independent School District Superintendent Joe Burns said the district was leading the way in the region Wednesday in his State of the District address.
Copperas Cove Superintendent Joe Burns talks a group gathered at the Copperas Cove Civic Center Wednesday for the State of the District address. A full house gathered to hear Burns lay out successess in the district in the first live meeting in two years. See the story on Page 3. – Photo by LARRy hAUK
There are guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, fish and several other classroom pets from which students are learning lessons. But second graders in teacher Sheila Grantham’s class at Clements-Parsons Elementary have a more unusual classroom pet, a beautiful, brown eyed, dairy calf named Patnce. Students are participating in a program with Rottinghause Holstein Farm and receive updates on Patnce from farmer, Stacy Rethman.