Southwest Missouri Regional Spelling Bee champion Kassie McKnight, of Bolivar Middle School, will head to Washington, D.C., May 27-28 to compete at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Missouri State hosts about 50 regional students On March 21, McKnight won the fourth annual event held at Missouri State after an intense 50-round, head-to-head matchup with Central High School's … [Read more...] about Regional spelling champ heads to D.C.