Local student competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee

The Scripps National Spelling Bee begins May 27 with the preliminary rounds.

This year’s competition is all the buzz as the Spelling Bee is celebrating its 100-year anniversary. Now, another local student is competing.

Since the event started back in 1925, there have been three winners from the Tampa Bay region. The first was Nupur Lala in 1999, and most recently, we’ve had back-to-back champions. Dev Shah won the Bee in 2023 and just last year Bruhat Soma won…

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