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Greg Adkins stepping down as Lee County schools superintendent He announced his plans to retire in a message to district staff Friday morning. Adkins, 56, has served as superintendent since 2015, making his tenure the second longest in recent history behind James Browder, who served from 2003 to 2010. Serving as superintendent in Lee County for the last five and half years has been truly an honor and privilege beyond my highest expectation, Adkins wrote in the message. His tenure as chief of schools is marked by successes he enumerated in the letter to employees, but his leadership was questioned by a few school board members who ran campaigns to remove him from office. ....
a surprise. end of july, beginning of august. it will stay normal. in the 90 s for the foreseeable future but we have a couple of chances of rain to break up the heat. it is quiet right now, a few thin clouds. temperatures in the mid 70 s. humidity high, 74% but 76 degrees at b.w.i. we will put a 30% chance of a thunderstorm during the day. post likely this afternoon. mixture of sunshine and clouds with highs in the low 90 s. when we come back we will look at the seven-day forecast to see what is on tap. our big story, we have new details about the death of a utility worker in baltimore city. authorities say the man died after falling into a trench. it didn t take long for ron thompson to figure out something had gone terribly wrong at the construction site across the street from his home saturday. when i came back down i saw my neighbor reggie the guy that lives in the house over there, he had a shovel and he was digging like crazy. reggie is reggie faison tr ....
this morning, more political disarray in afghanistan as the challenger in that country s disputed election says he s dropping out of the runo. what it all means for the u.s. war effort. back on the trail. president obama tries to help fellow democrats slumping in the polls. could tuesday s results be a referendum on the president?t? hold that pose. an ancient technique is now being used in new cutting-edge ways. how yoga is helping paents battle evething from attention deficit disorders to cancer. you ain t knock but a hnd dog and bad dog. bad. they bite. theyhew. they bark, but can youour out-of-control pooch be turned into a loyal lapdo one feaess animall lover says yes, and he will show us how. good morning, america. good morning. it is sunday, november 1st. and if you re here, we hope yo remembered to set your clock back last night. an extra hour of sleep. that s right. oh, so delicious for those of us on dawn patrol. i hope you had a happy, safe, ca ....