Merit badges have always been the heart of the Boy Scouts. They reflect the skills and knowledge considered important at the time. Unfortunately, some of these badges were discontinued, either because ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Boy Scouts of America announced it is standing with the Black Lives Matter movement and will require all Eagle Scouts to earn a new "diversity and inclusion" merit badge. "As ...

Badges like reading, scholarship and collecting are designed to be accessible to every scout. Sometimes, just keeping track of the requirements was a task itself. Block started a personal fitness ...

WASHINGTON — Boy Scouts now have the opportunity to work with NASA and other technology professionals to design, build, and demonstrate a robot to earn the new Robotics merit badge. NASA and BSA ...

Bingham shows off his scuba diving merit badge, which he said is the one he is most proud of, on June 7 in El Dorado Hills. Emily Zentner ezentner@sacbee.com Becoming an Eagle Scout is tough, but ...

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, ...

On his way to getting all of the 138 merit badges that a Boy Scout can possibly earn, Tre Peterson of St. Johns County learned a good deal about many things, like architecture and aviation, ...

SPREAD OF GERMS. NICHOLE: NEWSCENTER 5’S JOSH BROGADIER SHOWS US WHAT THE LATEST BOY SCOUT BADGE IS ALL ABOUT. JOSH: WHAT BETTER TIME TO WORK ON A MERIT BADGE IN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND PUBLIC HEAL ...

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announced Monday it will implement a specific "diversity and inclusion merit badge" in support of the Black Lives Matter movement that will be required to achieve the ...