Nargiza Muzhapaer, a Fairfax County seventh-grader, has reached the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, while three other Northern Virginia spellers were eliminated in Wednesday s quarterfinals. Muzhapaer attends Pinnacle Academy.
J. Michael Lunsford Middle School seventh grader Oviya Amalraj won the Loudoun County Public Schools Regional Spelling Bee for the second straight year on March 21 and earned a place
A “catastrophic explosion” demolished a Sugarland Run home Feb. 16, injuring 13 and killing a volunteer firefighter who was responding to a suspected propane gas leak. The blast scattered debris
A “catastrophic explosion” in Sugarland Run killed a volunteer firefighter and injured 13 other people on Feb. 16. The blast leveled the single-family home, scattered debris into the suburban street