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This cheerfuL

This cheerfuL tiny dancer performs alongside her dance group, The Island Flowers Dancers from San Antonio, during Saturday’s Liberation celebration. The event was free and open to the public.

JULY 4TH CELEBRATION

Chris Wheadon, front, and Joe Kucza fire the cannon during a Fourth of July ceremony outside VFW Post 8577 in Copperas Cove Wednesday morning.

Men in the portrAyAl

Men in the portrAyAl of I Am The Sergeant line up in front of the Purple Heart Wall at the Civic Center Saturday.

Sports

Water or artificial turf?

Athletic fields across the nation are turning to the artificial grass for safety and convenience.

Dawgs finish 7-on-7 season at Temple

The Copperas Cove Bulldawgs went 2-1 at the final weekly tournament at Temple High School Monday.

The Dawgs defeated Belton 19-7 and Cameron Yoe 28-20 before losing to Temple 28-19.

Dawgs go 2-1 at Cameron tournament

The Copperas Cove 7-on-7 team lost to the Vista Ridge 30-25 in the semifinals of a state qualifying tournament at Lake Travis High School last Friday.

Opinion

America’s political amnesia

Here’s a pop quiz: What is the name of North Korea’s capital city? If you said “Pyongyang,” you probably have an above-average recall. I didn’t want to make it too easy.

By Bob Franken

What Trump gets

In the 1950s, the great neo-conservative intellectual Irving Kristol acknowledged Joe McCarthy’s stark failings, but famously refused to take the side of his critics.

By Rich Lowry

A NAFTA World Cup?

I’m totally puzzled: How could the United States, Canada and Mexico have successfully convinced FIFA, the international soccer governing body, to award the 2026 World Cup competition to North Ameri

By Bob Franken

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