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The Coppell Recreation and Development Corporation (CRDC) Re-Authorization Committee hosted a forum at Coppell Town Center Tuesday night to consider proposals to extend the half-cent sales tax and broadening its use.

The people of Coppell once again showed how generous they are by donating thousands of food items and various supplies for the tornado victims in Moore, Okla.

Sonrisa Lopez, a soprano who performs classical vocal music in collaboration with local musicians, will be featured in concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 25, at the First United Methodist Church, located at 420 S. Hearts Road in Coppell.

The Coppell High School Theatre Department has just received eight Schmidt & Jones Award nominations for its musical The Drowsy Chaperone including Best Musical.

Voters in the Coppell Independent School District overwhelming approved the issuing of $79.5 million in bonds for a new elementary school, expansions at the high school and improvements and renovations at different schools in the district.

The Coppell City Council is expected to discuss a proposed dog park with Parks Department personnel in a work session Tuesday and then possibly even vote on the proposal in a regular meeting to follow.

The Coppell High School Theatre Department has just received eight Schmidt & Jones Award nominations for its musical The Drowsy Chaperone including Best Musical.

Staff, teachers and students at Wilson Elementary School spent much of the day Monday celebrating the fact that the school has been designated as a Great Expectations Model School.

On a warm evening with plenty of sunshine on April 27, more than 1,000 people came to Wagon Wheel Park in Coppell for a Relay for Life event to raise thousands of dollars to fight cancer.

It was a little like walking into a time machine and going back 30 years.

Early voting for the Coppell Independent School District’s May 11 bond election began Monday and continues through May 4.

GEORGETOWN — Despite dominating much of the match Saturday, Coppell's state title hopes were on life support trailing by a goal with less than five minutes remaining in the Class 5A Boys Soccer State Final against Brownsville Hanna.

City officials, school officials and even state and federal representatives were on hand Monday morning to join with Friends of Coppell Nature Park for a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Biodiversity Education Center at Coppell.

North Lake College was presented with the ECO-Friend Award at the Friends of Coppell Nature Park (FCNP) seventh annual dinner on April 13 at the Coppell Community Center at Grapevine Springs Park.

“Fame…Dreams of Broadway,” a musical review featuring dancing and singing from some of Broadway’s top musicals, will be presented by the CHS Theatre Department’s Fame Musical Theatre Class at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27, in the Coppell High School auditorium.

A large crowd is expected to gather at the Coppell Nature Park adjacent to Wagon Wheel Park at 10 a.m. Monday for a groundbreaking ceremony for the long-awaited Biodiversity Center at Coppell.

The Coppell Family YMCA, located at146 Town Center Blvd, will celebrate YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day Friday, April 26, with a free community event that encourages kids in Coppell and the surrounding communities to get moving and families living healthier.

One of the biggest events to take place in Coppell in many years, and what may be the biggest event to take place for years to come happened Saturday in Old Town.

For the past several decades, Coppell has been one of the largest cities in America with no hotel or motel within its city limits.

Coppell Deputy Police Chief Matthew Kosec resigned Tuesday after he and another police officer had been placed on administrative leave about two weeks earlier while an internal investigation was under way.

The 30th Annual Coppell Community Gala, hosted by the Coppell Chamber of Commerce, is scheduled for 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday, April 27, at the Hilton Garden Inn, located at 785 Hwy. 121 bypass in Lewisville.

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