Marika DeLozier, a sixth-grade student at C.W. Longer Elementary School in Hollidaysburg, won the 26th annual Saint Francis College Spelling Bee, qualifying for the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.

10 years ago: 2015

Blair County Judge Jolene G. Kopriva received a leadership award from the state Commission on Crime and Delinquency called the Judge Linda Ludgate Criminal Justice Advisory Board Excellence in Leadership at ceremonies held in State College.

— Compiled by Tim Doyle

World history

Today is the 92nd day of 2025. There are 273 days left in the year.

Today in history:

— In 1992, mob boss John Gotti was convicted in New York of murder and racketeering; he was later sentenced to life in prison without parole. (Gotti died in prison in 2002.)

— In 2005, John Paul II, the Polish pope born Karol Józef Wojtyła, died in his Vatican apartment at age 84. The first non-Italian pope in over 450 years, John Paul II became one of the most influential leaders of the late 20th and early 21st centuries while playing a crucial role in the fall of communism in Europe.

— The Associated Press