The first bee was held in 1925, when the Louisville Courier-Journal invited other newspapers to host spelling bees and send ...

During the trial of Joshlin Smith, a probation officer has urged the court to impose the maximum penalty, highlighting the ...

On Tuesday, the young contestants will have to spell a word and answer a vocabulary question to advance to the next round.

The Courier Journal sponsored the first national spelling bee back in 1925. Louisvillian Frank Neuhauser took home the win. This year, another Louisville speller is hoping to make history for his ...

You'll get access to an ad-free website with a faster photo browser, the chance to claim free tickets to a host of events ...

A Turkish immigrant who was arrested last year and accused of forcing a 15-year-old girl into his car and raping her faces ...

Thousands of Moroccan students headed to exam centers across the country on Monday to sit for the first-year baccalaureate regional exams, which will continue through Tuesday. The exams come just days ...

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 ...

Navtaj’s passion for linguistics is a secret weapon he wields in contests. Understanding language patterns and origins can ...

On Thursday, the 90 first graders at Bellaire Elementary School celebrated their new-found status as authors. Each of the four first-grade classes has published a ...

South Carolina schools are going all in on the "science of reading," an approach to teaching reading that's largely focused ...