He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school.

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

Student backpacks will be subject to search, the Washington, Illinois, school announced Tuesday in an email to families.

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 ...

Officers located a firearm in a backpack being carried by one of the students, which was also reported stolen.

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 ...

The Ellicott City teen, who the police did not name, was arrested at the high school at 12:45 p.m., Tuesday, and charged as an adult. Police said he had a loaded gun in his backpack when he was ...

(WAVY) – Officials at Green Run High School said a firearm was found on the school’s campus on Tuesday. After receiving reports of a student with a firearm in a backpack, the school security ...

A loaded gun was discovered in a student's backpack at Mt. Healthy Jr./Sr. High School Thursday, school officials said.

COVINGTON, Ky. — A Holmes High School student is in custody after an administrator found a weapon in their backpack Friday morning. Holmes High School said in a release on its website that the ...

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.

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 ...