RUSSELL TOWNSHIP, Ohio - Sibling rivalry had something to do with Ashley and Matthew Armstrong achieving the highest honors afforded to a Girl Scout and a Boy Scout within a month of each other.

I say “currently available” because the Boy Scouts add and subtract merit badges to keep up with the times. You can no longer earn a merit badge in taxidermy, for example, though you can get ...

Russell’s FedEx Founders Award also included a $15,000 donation to the Kia Kima Alumni Association, a Boy Scouts summer camp, located in Arkansas. Russell grew up participating in scouting.