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WASHINGTON (WLS) -- The last time someone from Illinois won the National Spelling Bee was 1985. That was 32 years ago, but that hasn't stopped any local kids from having their way with these words.

ELIZABETH, Illinois — The small and unlikely town of Elizabeth, Illinois, might just have a national champion in its midst. Quinten Atutis is an eighth-grader with a talent that requires great ...

Beginning Tuesday, children from across the U.S., including several from Illinois, will take the stage and compete in the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee competition. Fourteen students from ...

Oddly, "misspell," a not-particularly easy word to spell, is not on a recently released list of words Americans most often misspell. Using Google Trends search data from the start of the year through ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago eight grader is one of 12 students to advance to the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington. Fourteen-year-old Alia Abiad (AH’-bee-ahd) is from ...