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

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

As a precautionary measure following five gun-related incidents in less than a week, the Madison Parish School District is ...

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.It happened Friday morning when school officials said an administrator found a ...

Parents, students and local community members came together for a safety meeting at Patterson Mill Middle-High School.

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — A 17-year-old is accused of threatening to “shoot up a school,” the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office ...

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

A 17-year-old was arrested after he was found with a stolen firearm and threatening to shoot up a school in Osceola County, ...

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

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.

A Holmes High School student was arrested Friday morning after an administrator found a weapon in the student's backpack, according to school officials. The weapon was not used in a "threatening ...