A sixth-grader won her school’s spelling bee just five years after moving to Mesa from the Philippines and learning English. The 12-year-old student credits her success to her love of reading and ...

“Rutabaga.” According to the dictionary it’s a big turnip. It’s also the word that put Elle Rosenbaum over the top to become the Goochland County Spelling Bee winner last month. Rosenbaum, a ...

My love of the Scripps National Spelling Bee is well documented. My love of watching the Mavericks beat the Timberwolves to go to the NBA Finals is also documented, although slightly less so because ...

HAZLE TWP. — There were o-c-c-a-s-i-o-n-a-l errors at Tuesday night’s Hazleton Area School District spelling bee, but not from Sophie Howell. Howell, a sixth grader at Drums Elementary/Middle School, ...