Wednesday marks the second day of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Baker Middle School's very own Isaac ...

Mary Brooks has had a front row seat to the action for decades, as well as a big responsibility when it comes to crowning the ...

Two longtime Scripps Spelling Bee officials are back this year. Head judge Mary Brooks and pronouncer Jacques Bailly are familiar faces for the spellers.

The Scripps Spelling Bee can be daunting, even beyond the words presented to contestants. Here's everything you need to know ...

In the skit, a student spars with judges in a spelling bee over the definition of “woman,” in an apparent reference to Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s comments during her ...

In honor of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Paul puts Larry, Robin and Pat to the test. Love the WGN Morning News? We love ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling ... when the bee finals are nearing the end of their two-hour broadcast window and a champion has not been decided. Instead, judges will have ...

It was no novelty for contestants in the National Spelling Bee to be in distress, but in the 23rd annual Scripps-Howard contest in Washington, D.C. last week even the judges had a bad time.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling ... when the bee finals are nearing the end of their two-hour broadcast window and a champion has not been decided. Instead, judges will have ...

The word meant indwelling or inherent, and it stopped YY, 12, a home-schooled student from Westchester, from advancing to the second round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s finals Thursday ...