Akash Vukoti, 6, of San Angelo, Texas, tries to shorten the microphone before spelling his word during the preliminary round two of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Md., Wednesday ...

The 89th annual Scripps Spelling Bee is off to a buzzing start, and the competition has proven fierce. The competition kicked off with Tuesday's preliminary written test, and Wednesday gave the 285 ...

SAN ANGELO — Akash Vukoti, a 9-year-old who has represented San Angelo twice at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, is about to be back in the spotlight. But this time he won't be spelling. Akash is ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Most six year olds are learning how to spell words like “bike” or “feet.” Akash Vukoti successfully spelled “circumspectly” at his local spelling bee in Texas to become the ...

Akash Vukoti, 9, of San Angelo, Texas, competes in the second round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Tuesday, May 28, 2019, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — ...

SAN ANGELO — A Netflix original documentary is now available featuring San Angelo's most famous speller. Akash Vukoti, who in 2016 became the youngest boy in history to qualify for the Scripps ...

Akash Vukoti, a 6-year-old boy from San Angelo, took a second to spell his favorite word Wednesday for media in Washington, D.C. Actually it took 17 seconds. The word is 45 letters long. Of course, ...