Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...

In rural northeast Louisiana, the leaders of a small school district took a drastic step this week in response to an eruption ...

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

PHOTO PROVIDED The Blessings in a Backpack program at Covenant United Methodist Church, 44 W. Main St., Lock Haven, provides ...

On Thursday, you couldn't miss the illuminated flood warning sign. A team of people working rapidly filled sand bags, ...

Alyssa Church of Hays has earned the highest award in Girl Scouting— the Gold Award, and she will be recognized this weekend ...

Reed Marutiak had the weight of the world on his shoulders. It’s a lot to carry for a Hartwood Elementary fourth grader in ...

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 ...

A large police presence was reported at Roosevelt Elementary School in Kenosha following reports of a suspicious person on campus. According to the Kenosha Police Department, the person is no longer ...

The typical sea of backpacks, sweatshirts and sleepy eyes poured into Talley Middle School around 8 a.m. in late October ... Several Talley teachers felt students can "behave like kids again" and ...

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is calling for an FTC investigation into companies selling school supplies advertised as bulletproof.