Sam Baxter, an eighth grader at Guntown Middle School, holds a trophy after winning the Lee County Spelling Bee Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 in Tupelo, Miss. Baxter out-spelled three other students from the Tupelo Public School District and Lee County School District who competed in the bee. (Adam Robinson/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)
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National Spelling Bee called off because of coronavirus
The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be held as scheduled this year because of the coronavirus.