Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.

By Clay Risen Murray McCory, who founded the outdoor equipment company JanSport while still in college and whose signature innovation, a lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for ...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A BB gun was found in the backpack of a middle school student who was removed from class and questioned by school resource deputies Wednesday, said Storm Grove Middle ...

Authorities said a 16-year-old at Pearl Cohn High School had a loaded handgun in his backpack. The 11th grader was taken into custody by school resource officers. He is charged in Juvenile Court ...

Though backpack bans are rare, school leaders across the state face a similar imperative to protect students from violence by any means necessary, oftentimes with limited resources at their disposal.

with the collaboration of Clemens High School administrators, and were able to locate the suspects. Authorities say officers found the firearm in a backpack being carried by one of the students ...

HAMAMATSU--An unusual collaboration between a newspaper delivery shop and an eyewear accessory company here led to the development of "randoseru" school backpacks that can be used as makeshift ...

Exploratory works at Reedswood Park in Walsall have been paused after the government announced a review into its national school building ... included vegetation clearance and exploratory ...

A Holmes High School student was arrested Friday morning after an administrator found a weapon in the student's backpack, according to school officials. The weapon was not used in a "threatening ...

A student has been arrested after school officials said they found a weapon in their backpack at Holmes High School.It happened Friday morning when school officials said an administrator found a ...

A teen accused of killing a man was arrested at Howard High School Tuesday afternoon. When taken into custody, police say they found a loaded gun in his backpack. According to Howard County Police ...