LOCAL. LATE BREAKING. THIS IS KOCO FIVE. NEWS AT FOUR. TODAY, JUNETEENTH MARKS THE DAY BACK IN 1865, WHEN THE LAST ENSLAVED PEOPLE IN TEXAS FINALLY LEARNED THEY WERE FREE. PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN HAD SIGNED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION TWO YEARS EARLIER, BUT NEWS TRAVELED SLOWLY AND THE UNION COULDN'T FORCE IT EVERYWHERE. WHILE THE CIVIL WAR WAS STILL BEING FOUGHT AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE METRO ARE CELEBRATING TODAY IN BIG WAYS WITH LIVE MUSIC, FOOD, AND EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.