The Boy Scout's motto is "Be prepared." Josh McCoy is prepared for just about anything. On November 10, the Alexandria, Virginia 14-year-old earned his 135th Boy Scout merit badge. That represents ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — Boy Scouts of all ages from across the region came together for the 24th annual Merit Badge College. It's a marathon of hands-on events held at Johnson College in Scranton for scouts ...

At Scouting America’s Merit Badge University on Saturday on the University of Missouri campus, Scouts had more than 50 career-related classes to choose from. “There were almost 1,000 participants, ...

Boy Scout Troop 1778 hosted a mini-Merit Badge University event Sept. 20 at Journey of Faith Church in Waldorf. Expecting perhaps 40 participants, the troop was excited to have 79 Scouts from 14 ...

The Boy Scouts of America adds and removes badges from its list to keep up with changing trends. Rapid changes in technology have had a major influence in the 2010s, with several new badges ...

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A remarkable, rare achievement has been reached by a young Boy Scout from Louisville. George Green IV, a junior at Whitefield Academy, has earned every merit badge ...

SPRING HILL, Kan. (WDAF) – A Kansas girl is taking the Boy Scouts by storm, earning a record number of merit badges. She’s working on earning the highest honor in Girl Scouts, too. Fewer than half of ...

Around age 11, Briar McLellan rose to the rank of Boy Scout and immediately aspired to earn every merit badge in the book — an ambition that would require mastery of scuba diving, basket-weaving, dog ...