On Wednesday, employees of Fiore Toyota in Hollidaysburg gathered in the showroom to present checks to six local backpack ...

BOISE, Idaho — The Meridian Food Bank is working to ensure students in the West Valley School District do not go hungry on weekends. Every Tuesday, volunteers with the Backpack Program pack ...

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

The Butler Senior High School Class of 1974 presented the donations from their 50th class reunion to the school district’s ...

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.

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 ...