Hundreds of logolept tanquams will compete against hindermates this week in the famous Scripps tournament of orthography. Put another way, 243 brainy young students are about to face off in the ...

Cora Massaro, of C.J. Hooker Middle School in Goshen, will compete in the 97th Scripps National Spelling Bee. The Bee is May 27-29. The mid-Hudson Valley will be represented this year in the 97th ...

The first National Spelling Bee was held in Louisville, Kentucky in 1925 and was won by Frank Neuhauser, who correctly spelled "gladiolus." The Scripps National Spelling Bee has grown ...