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.

Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory founded JanSport in 1967 with his future wife (Jan, the company’s namesake).

Bowhunting whitetails is a game that involves a lot of moving pieces, and bowhunting backpacks keep all those pieces together. A bow, arrows, tree stand, climbing sticks, binoculars, rangefinder, ...

Students at Washington Community High School are being asked not to bring backpacks to school the rest of the week after possible risk to student safety was made known to school and police officials.

Wagoner Public Schools (WPS) said a firearm was recovered from a student's backpack on Thursday at Wagoner Middle School.The district said the principal receiv ...

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 ...

Here are picks for the best hunting backpacks from editors and their reviews. The first step in choosing the best hunting pack is to think about how much gear you need to carry. For a backcountry elk ...

UNICEF is distributing urgently needed school supplies to help children displaced by violence get back to learning.

Even though much of my job as a travel writer involves testing suitcases, I usually prefer to fly with a carry-on backpack when I have the choice. You just can’t beat the sense of freedom that ...

A Clinton Elementary School student has been referred to Rock County juvenile authorities for allegedly bringing a BB gun to ...

Due to “a phenomena called alarm fatigue or, in layman’s terms, the boy-who-cried-wolf effect,” he said ... back to where I ...

HAPPENED. WE ARE EXPECTING AN UPDATE FROM THE BREVARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AFTER SOMEONE FOUND A GUN NEAR A SCHOOL. THE WEAPON WAS IN AN ABANDONED BACKPACK IN A VACANT LOT NEARBY. IT WAS NOT ...