At Robert Eagle Staff and Hamilton International middle schools students put their cellphones in a pouch at the start of the ...

Murray McCory, JanSport co-founder and modern day backpack creator, has died at 80. McCory founded JanSport in 1967 with his then-future wife and later developed a way to make smaller, softer ...

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

He started the backpack company in 1967, while still in college, and went on to revolutionize the way students carry books.

Murray McCory, co-founder of JanSport credited with developing many of the brand’s iconic products, passed away in Seattle, ...

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.

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

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A BB gun was found in the backpack of a middle school student who was removed from class and questioned by school resource deputies Wednesday, said Storm Grove Middle ...

Authorities say officers found the firearm in a backpack being carried by one of the students, which was also reported stolen. No other weapons were found when officers searched the suspect's vehicle.