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, ...

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 ...

In his quest to earn every merit badge, a Mid-Missouri Eagle Scout survived in the wilderness, learned to play an instrument, traveled to five states and toured Switzerland. John Hayes, an 18-year-old ...

Merit badge applies STEM principles in a way that’s fun and interesting When people think of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), they envision activities like camping, knot-tying, and canoeing, but soon, ...

Scouting America, the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts, is giving scouts the chance to earn two merit badges that engage new technology: one in artificial intelligence, and another in ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KTVI) – Brandon Barrett, a St. Louis-area Eagle Scout who recently turned 18, has joined an elite group of scouts by earning all 141 merit barges offered by Scouting America. From the ...

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 ...