who appeared “suspicious” and was allegedly trying to enter the school while carrying two bags. The boy entered a secure area ...

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 ...

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.

Murray McCory, who founded JanSport while a student at UW and whose lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for millions of students, died Oct. 7 in Seattle.

While some Birkin owners have turned their luxury purses into oversized, leather charm bracelets, it’s hardly the only design ...

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 ...

A 13-year-old is under investigation after he went to his former elementary school with a black bag and backpack in what appears to have been an intended school shooting.

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 ...