Matthew Lewnard was looking forward to attending a model rocket launch on Sunday, the annual summer kick-off event for Cub Scout Pack 55 in Mount Prospect. Instead, the second grade troop members ...

He said to set up a time to launch a rocket ... He wanted to be the one to make it happen. Boy Scouts can earn a merit badge for "building a rocket and actually launching it," he said.

Its activities culminated with a rocket launch which took place outside of the troop headquarters, here. During the morning ice-breaker session, each Boy Scout had to stand up and tell the troop ...

You know what’s cooler? Launching 3,130 model rockets at once. Boy Scout Jacob Smith honored the 100th anniversary of the organization by blowing away the previous world record. Although the Boy ...

She hopes Boy Scouts will be. The idea for the rocket launch came from a former Blue Ridge Mountains Council member. He now works with a council in Minnesota that has held similar events , Lyons said.