Jason Chukwuma-Eze, a fifth-grader at Shawnee Middle School, won the spelling bee by spelling "pinnate" correctly and will compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. in May.

LIMA — The Lima News Regional Spelling Bee got underway Tuesday evening at the UNOH Event Center. Thirty-nine students competed in this year’s regional spelling bee, sponsored by The Lima News and ...