By Mary Whitfill
Features Editor
The Coppell City Council accepted the “Target National Night Out 2011 Award” first place trophy from the Coppell Police Department on Tuesday. The award was given to Coppell by Town Watch for being selected as the best program in the country in its designated population category.
This year, the city held 59 block parties in neighborhoods across Coppell. 2011 marks the 20th year that Coppell has receives this top honor for its National Night Out (NNO) program.
In other important Coppell news, current mayor Doug Stover will not be seeking reelection May, stating that his required travel as a business man has begun to interfere with his work as mayor. Stover took over the late Mayor Peters position after her unexpected death and had served two terms before her tenure.
