SCRANTON, Pa. — Scouts have gotten a helping hand for more than two decades to obtain their merit badges.

Merit Badge University is the largest merit badge event in the nation, with more than 1,200 Scouts in attendance. It not only boasts large attendance numbers, but it also brings in youth from all ...

The event will give youth male and female Scouts the opportunity to earn merit badges related to skilled trades.

"I do end up going to college, I'd like it to be at a military ... George Green IV, a junior at Whitefield Academy, has earned every merit badge available, a feat accomplished by fewer than ...