Avyay Kodali, a 13-year-old seventh grade student at Plum Grove Jr. High School in Rolling Meadows, was declared the winner of the Scripps Regional Spelling Bee held in late-March at Triton ...

Selena Wheeler, 13, a seventh-grade student at Ashley Academy in Johnson City, won this year's annual spelling bee in the ninth round after being the only contestant of five to correctly spell her ...