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1 week ago | 
cbs19.tv | Jesus Martinez |Jesús Martínez
TYLER, Texas — It's time to make some noise, Tyler! Just in time for the first weekend of summer. The streets of Tyler will be filled with tunes at every corner all day long in the Make Music Day event. The organization said over 100 performers will serenade East Texans in parks, neighborhoods and businesses.
This is part of a worldwide event called Make Music Day, which was founded in France in 1982. Over 2,000 cities in over a dozen countries around the world will celebrate music.
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1 week ago | 
cbs19.tv | Jesus Martinez |Jesús Martínez
TYLER, Texas — The Texas African American Museum hosted its fourth annual Juneteenth festival Thursday afternoon. Dozens of people showed out for today’s event with music, fun and even some trivia. There were even some awards handed out Thursday. "We had presentations for former students and faculty of Dogan Middle School. And also for Butler College which was an African American college here in Tyler from 1910-1972," said Denise Pendleton, TAAM volunteer.
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1 week ago | 
cbs19.tv | Jesus Martinez |Jesús Martínez
TEXAS, USA — EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above is from early June when the TEA released the STAAR EOC test scores for 2025. The Texas Education Agency released the 2025 STAAR test results Tuesday morning for grades 3-8. This includes tests in reading language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. The state agency said reading language arts scores surpassed pre-pandemic levels across nearly all grade levels.
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1 week ago | 
cbs19.tv | Jesus Martinez |Jesús Martínez
LONGVIEW, Texas — When it comes to keeping East Texas first responders ready for anything, Sergeant Drew Allison of the Longview Police Department isn’t just checking boxes -- he’s rewriting the playbook. On Friday, Allison received the 2025 State of Texas Law Enforcement Achievement Award for Professional Achievement, a top honor that recognizes those who go above and beyond to make a lasting difference in law enforcement.
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2 weeks ago | 
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LONGVIEW, Texas — School is out for the summer but construction is in session at Longview ISD. District leaders say they've saved $28 million in budget savings on work under contract. The 2024 $456 million bond should be complete in two to three years. "Every dollar saved goes right back into the program to help us do more for our kids and our community," Chief Financial Officer Dr. Wayne Guidry said.
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2 weeks ago | 
cbs19.tv | Jesus Martinez |Jesús Martínez
UNITED STATES, — Spotify users will have to be humming their favorite tunes after many of them reported that the music streaming app is down. Users are saying their playlists have disappeared. Downdetector.com shows a spike in users having issues with the app early Thursday afternoon. Spotify hasn't released a statement on what the issue could be.
Users are also reporting issues using Amazon, Google, and OpenAI. It's not clear when the issue could be resolved or if all the outages are linked.
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2 weeks ago | 
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TITUS COUNTY, Texas — Titus Regional Medical Center Board of Managers will move forward with exploring a new partnership with a larger health system. The board made the decision Tuesday saying it will strengthen the long-term future of healthcare in Northeast Texas. “As the region’s last independent rural health system, we have worked tirelessly to preserve local access to high-quality care,” said TRMC CEO Patricia Boeckmann.
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2 weeks ago | 
cbs19.tv | Jesus Martinez |Jesús Martínez
TYLER, Texas — Susan Robinson Jewelry in Tyler gifted Jill Powell a $5,000 shopping spree Wednesday morning. Powell entered in a raffle at the annual Tyler Cattle Baron's Ball benefiting the American Cancer Society. She said she didn't know she'd won until the next day when her grandson told her.
"I just kept saying wow. (I was in) total shock," Powell said. She's been donating through raffles for the past 10 years, but this is her first time winning. The impact of cancer hits close to her.
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2 weeks ago | 
cbs19.tv | Jesus Martinez |Jesús Martínez
TEXAS, USA — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released the 2025 End-of-Course STAAR results Tuesday morning. The EOC tests high school students on five core subjects: Algebra I, Biology, English I, English II, and U.S. History.
The TEA said this year’s results reflect modest year-over-year changes, with scores rising in Algebra I and Biology, but declining in English I, English II, and U.S. History.
Algebra I: 47% of students met grade level expectations, an increase from 45% last year.
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2 weeks ago | 
cbs19.tv | Jesus Martinez |Jesús Martínez
WINONA, Texas — Smith County Election Administrator Michelle Alcon said Winona ISD will pay $5,948.78 for the district's Place 3 trustee seat second election. Challenger Luis Hernandez defeated Winona ISD Board President Randy Hawkins in the second election on June 7. Hernandez received 244 votes to Hawkins' 181 votes during Saturday's election.
During the May general election, both candidates received 137 votes. After that tie, the candidates had a chance to withdraw, but neither wanted to.
