LAS CRUCES, N.M. - (KFOX14/CBS4) — Lynn Middle School is implementing a new policy for the 2025-2026 school year that bans the use of backpacks, aiming to simplify students' daily preparations.

Choose from these eight standouts for the Cellcom Post-Crescent high school girls athlete of the year for the 2024-25 school year.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is back home and decided to stop at his old stomping grounds for a trip down memory lane.

Middle school girls are trying agility testing and learning CPR. DFD also had Durham Fire Explorers for high school boys and girls, as well as Junior Fire Marshal for middle school boys and girls.

Kacy Carter, principal at Jackson Memorial Middle School, has been an educator for 21 years and advises the school's Little Congress student group.

A summer camp in Independence focuses on bringing that opportunity to middle school girls. Middle school can be hard for young girls trying to find their voice and confidence.

A local high school will soon have a multi-million dollar sports complex.

Who was the Milwaukee-area high school girls athlete of the year for the 2024-25 school year? You tell us by voting in our poll.

Grace Place Naples has received a huge grant to help fund their new career discovery academy for middle school girls.

Though summer has only just started, teachers and librarians are already hard at work preparing for the new academic year. We’ve gathered a list of some back-to-school stories to help kids ...

St. Matthew’s House – $47,000 for "Senior Women’s Homelessness" The Immokalee Foundation – $40,000 for "Middle School Girls Career Pathways" Women Lifting Women Scholarships – up to $60,000.