Boy Scouts of America
The young people, dressed in uniform, seem part of a tradition from a bygone era. Some cheer as the small, homemade go-carts spin down the track; others struggle to make the perf...
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Catherine Pollard, who became the Boy Scouts of America's first female U.S. scoutmaster after a years-long legal fight, died Wednesday. She was 88.Pollard, who volunteered with the Scouts in Milfor...
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When Kinlichiinii John set out to earn a religious emblem for his uniform like other Cub Scouts, he learned that none exists to acknowledge his Navajo beliefs.Neither the traditional Navajo spiritu...
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A former regional Boy Scout official has been charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Scout at least four times since July.Charles Bickerstaff, 56, of Dixon, was charged with four counts of ...
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A former Boy Scout official was charged Thursday with sexually assaulting a young Scout, the second set of sex abuse charges to be filed against him in a month.Charles Bickerstaff, 56, of Dixon, wa...
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A federal appellate court ruled Wednesday that the Pentagon can continue its financial support of the decades-old National Boy Scout Jamboree, which the Defense Department sees as a useful recruiti...
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A local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America has agreed to pay $330,000 and plant 9,000 tree seedlings to settle a state lawsuit over a wildfire that burned 14,200 acres, officials said."With the c...
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More than a half-century after he finished the requirements to earn the rank, an 88-year-old man was honored as an Eagle Scout on Saturday, making him possibly the oldest person to ever collect the...
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More than a half-century after he finished the requirements to earn the rank, an 88-year-old man was honored as an Eagle Scout on Saturday, making him possibly the oldest person to ever collect the...
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The Boy Scouts of America said Thursday that a painted, plastic badge commonly worn by some of its youngest scouts is being voluntarily recalled after a test revealed high levels of lead in the pai...
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Today is Thursday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2007. There are 326 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 8, 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in Englan...
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Boy Scouts of America
First female U.S. scoutmaster dies at 88
