Locally, the backpack giveaway event will be held at the Verizon store at 15560 NW US Highway 441 in Alachua (near Hitchcock's) at 1 p.m. on July 27.

On July 27, select Verizon stores across the country will be giving away $3 million in backpacks, including in the Boca Raton area.

We are now less than a month out from the start of school across our area and as we get closer to that first day, the focus ...

Just in time for school to start back, Florida Rep. Michelle Salzman and community partners are giving away free backpacks filled with school-related goodies.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Senator Rick Scott and other state leaders are urging the University of Florida Board of Trustees to have a transparent presidential search process this time around. Scott, ...

Thousands of students in Orange and Osceola Counties will have the supplies they need to start school this fall thanks to volunteers with A Gift for Teaching.