The Longview Voice
The Longview Voice is a district-wide newspaper that covers student, staff, and local community news. The paper is produced by the LISD Communications & Community Relations departments in partnership with the Thrifty Nickel as well as campus staff and volunteers.
Each year the district selects a Longview High School senior student who contributes work to The Longview Voice for a scholarship to the school of their choice.
Living History
Thanks to a gracious donation from a Lobo alum, a piece of LISD’s history is now preserved digitally!
Mr. Paul Jones, a 1966 Longview graduate, obtained original prints of various issues of The Lobo which was an LHS newspaper that was first published on Nov. 24, 1937. Mr. Jones donated the newspapers to the district and LISD Communications & Community Relations departments has scanned every page, improving the page quality, and has now posted them here on the district website.
An avid history fan, Mr. Jones loves studying the history of Longview so much so that he started a Facebook group to share the photos that he comes across during his research. Pictures of Longview Past & Present costs Mr. Jones two to four hours a day in research and he does it happily.
“I just want to give back. Longview has been good to me, so I want to give back,” Mr. Jones said. “And, I enjoy it.”
The group originally started with 45 members but has now exploded to over 5,100. This is a sign that many in Longview love to learn the history of the city. Thanks to Mr. Jones, people can now enjoy a glimpse of LISD history through the lens of students in the late 1930s.
