The school system said there was a "strong call" for additional steps to help keep students and staff protected in schools.

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

Students at Washington, Illinois, high school will be allowed to bring their backpacks without searches beginning Monday.

The Richland County Sheriff's Department said that, around 1 p.m., school security notified school resource officers at ...

Backpacks were searched after a graphing calculator was found to contain the message "I have a gun in my bag." No weapons ...

A student has been arrested after school officials said they found a weapon in their backpack at Holmes High School.

An anonymous tip led to the arrest of a Godby High School student Tuesday morning after officials found a gun in their ...

An arrest was made this week after a gun was found in a backpack in an abandoned lot near Suntree Elementary school.

The teenage suspect was already wearing an ankle monitor due to a previous incident in another jurisdiction, police said.

A Howard High School student was arrested at the school, accused of murdering a 26-year-old man found shot to death in a ...

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 ...

A Brooklyn high school student with a gun hidden in his backpack tried to get into the building after dismissal Tuesday, ...