Today some 4 million kids still wear those iconic cloth sashes dotted with merit badges—a tradition first introduced by the Boy Scouts in 1911 and the Girl Scouts in 1912. But if you look more ...

Several scouts from across the Northwest Texas Council and beyond have two more badges to put on their sashes after the annual merit badge college at Midwestern State University. Scouts from as far ...

Jimmy Poirier has earned all 139 merit badges available to Boy Scouts. Less than one-percent ... For Poirier, he hopes that his extra large sash full of badges can help inspire the next generation ...