MATTOON — Charleston eighth-grader Kamae Coffey won the Coles County Spelling Bee with the championship word of “auditorium” Thursday evening in the Mattoon Middle School commons room.

MATTOON — Charleston eighth-grader Kamae Coffey won the Coles County Spelling Bee with the championship word of “auditorium” Thursday evening in the Mattoon Middle School commons room.

LERNA — Kamae Coffey helped commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address by reciting Abraham Lincoln’s famous speech Saturday afternoon at Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site.