The average cost for back-to-school supplies for families is now around $890. Families are invited to attend their local event, and each present child will receive one backpack while supplies last.

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).

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.

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Back-to-school discounts tend to heat up earlier each year, but there are deals available year-round. Below is a comprehensive list of offers, and many do not require student status. Wondering ...

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.

Police said the teen left Tilden High School in East Flatbush during dismissal and then came back just after 4 p.m. with a loaded gun. That's when a scanner found a .9mm gun in his backpack ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (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 ...