Grammarians love to grumble about texting and social media, convinced that every “u” instead of “you,” every “tho” or “luv,” is another nail in the coffin of the English language. Some say that ...

Loeffler said that’s common practice for a spelling bee. The Chepuris argued that the school ignored its assurance to Amara that the primary list would be exhausted. They challenged the outcome ...

Ruby Wang, a fifth grade student at Saint Joseph's School, is gearing up for the Scripps National Spelling Bee after ...

At the Feb. 11 Regional Spelling Bee, the first-place winner was Emmaline Bushman, an eighth-grader at St. John’s Prep School; and the second-place winner was Thisbe Truax, a sixth-grader at St. Cloud ...