the family farm in Madison County, Va.

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McLean resident Scott Jenkins at Springer Mountain in Georgia, the southernmost point of the Appalachian Trail. Jenkins hiked the 2,100-plus miles of the trail from Maine to Georgia, joined on most of the trip by his son Tracy.

They also ran into their fair share of obstacles, whether it was a few close encounters with copperheads and rattlesnakes, or long stretches where the summer’s drought left them without readily available water.

They were supported from afar by Lisa Jenkins, who spent the summer at home, but was able to send them supplies on the road and meet them on occasion.

“As the weather changed, they needed less warm clothes, less fleece and long johns, so I sent them lighter clothes,” Lisa Jenkins said. “InBRANDON, Florida — A Hillsborough County teacher was arrested after allegedly recording a student undressing on school property.

Mark Ackett, 49, who was a family consumer science teacher within the fashion design program at Bloomingdale High School, is charged with video voyeurism after intentionally placing cameras in his classroom to record students while they were changing.

According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, a student noticed the cameras in a designated changing room within Ackett's fashion design classroom as she was trying on clothing. After immediately getting dressed, she reported them to the school administration.

The school administration began an initial investigation and alerted the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, who began a criminal investigation.

During their investigation, Ackett admitted he intentionally placed the cameras in the changing room of his classroom to