IN THE NEWS: Standley's Alex Wells in National Spelling Bee

Local Boy, 13, Competes In National Spelling Bee

SAN DIEGO -- A 13-year-old boy from San Diego began competing Tuesday in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., joining a field of 293 students vying to win the crown as the country's best student speller.

Alex J. Clifton Wells, an eighth-grader at Standley Middle School, began the annual competition by taking a 50-word test on a computer keyboard. Read More from 10 News.