jennifer braaten was the tenth president at the college and the first woman to take this position at the school. she started at ferrum college fourteen years ago in 2002 and plans to retire this summer. her reason stems from serious health issues within her family. jennifer braaten "i love my professional life, it's been wonderful to be at ferrum college with i still think a priority is things we always talk about--faith, family and friends for me to spend more during braaten's time at the school, enrollment increased academic programs were enhanced. a search committee is being formed to look for her replacement. december set december was the 21st consecutive month of year-over- growth in the commonwealth. also last month, the governor's office says virginia had the lowest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate among the southeast fourth-best rate among states east of the mississippi river. we told you about last night at 11. the owner of stefano's on the market tells wdbj 7 it was just time to close- he says the decision had nothing to do with negative club he operated there. for it'

also, many of you are logging on to read about, jennifer braaten, the president of ferrum college retiring after 14 years. and people are reading about the fundraiser on saturday for a pittsylvania county family that lost their home in a fire. be sure to log on to wset dot com...your source for abc 13 news anytime. 3 ninininininini3good wednesday to you-let's get a check of your morning drive. we've seen a few morning showers so far with temperatures in the 30s and 40s. the rain will continue to exit and skies will begin to clear. we'll see partly cloudy skies for today with highs in the 40s. we'll see a bit of cloud cover tonight with overnight lows dropping into the 20s. please watch out for black ice when leaving on thursday morning. thursday and friday end the week with a mix of sun and clouds as highs reach the low to mid 40s. 3toss to dennis virginia rallied from seven down in the final 17 seconds, capped by a buzzer to storm back and win 72-71 last night at wake forest. the cavs looking for their first acc road win of the season, 0-and-3 going in. wake came out fired up, the alley-o

jennifer braaten "i love my professional life, it's been wonderful to be at i still think a priority is things we always talk about--faith, family and friends and now is the time for me to spend more time with family." during braaten's time at the school, enrollment increased dramatically and academic programs were enhanced. a search committee is being formed to look for her replacement. a dinosaur attraction making a comeback in natural bridge, and it promises to bring in lots of tourism. w-d-b-j-7's khiree stewart sat down with the man behind the idea and tells us how he plans to make it happen. very soon a raptor, triceratops, and other jurassic creatures will call natural bridge their home. "dinosaur kingdom is so outrageous, it's fun. it's just fun." mark cline is their owner and will soon open an attraction called dinosaur kingdom ii. this comes four years after the first park was closed after a fire. "they enter into a train car that's been ravaged by a dinosaur. as they go through go through that they enter into a time cone and that's cline said people will take a self-guided

jennifer braaten: "i love my professional life, it's been wonderful to be at ferrum college with this great community i still think a priority is things we always talk about--faith, family and friends and now is the time for me to spend more time with family." during braaten's time at the school, enrollment increased academic programs were enhanced. a search committee is being formed to look for her replacement. we're keeping an eye on road conditions around the area this morning. your i-hometown traffic report is coming up after the break. a candidate in the race for the 5th congressional district is suspending his campaign. why ericke cage says he's removing himself from the race. and a popular attraction featuring dinosaurs is set to reopen in natural bridge a local animal clinic is encouraging people to get their female cats spayed. why doing this is important for your pet's health, and how you can get it done at a reduced cost coming up later this a few sprinkles sunshine this afternoon. high today near 42. snow and ice this morning. campbell, amherst and pittsylvania counties ha

more sunshine as well the we goes on will talk about that and maybe some 50s and 60s by the jennifer braaten is planning to retire this summer. braaten is the school's 10th president. she has led the school since 2002. enrollment increased during her tenure, and two capital campaigns raised 45 million dollars. the school says a search committee is braaten's successor. republicans in the house of delegates rolled out their education agenda today, and charter schools are at the top of the list. they are promoting a constitutional amendment that would give the board of education the authority to establish charter schools in virginia. if the legislation passes this year it will go to the voters in a statewide referendum, but it faces strong opposition from democrats and the virginia education association. the search continues in virginia tonight: for a man authorities are calling very dangerous- and the woman he's accused of abducting. deputies in amelia county, near richmond say dana william held a family hostage in their home, then took off with their grandmother. jon burkett from our cbs affi

worry about an and nice warming trend for the we can more that my first alert forecast president jennifer braaten is planning to retire this summer. ferrum's 10th president, braaten has led the school since 2002, enrollment increased during her tenure, and two capital campaigns raised 45 million dollars. the school says a search committee is being formed to find braaten's successor. with less than a week to go until the iowa caucuses, polls show donald trump starting to edge out a lead over senator shows us, the democratic race is even closer, with hillary clinton and bernie sanders in a virtual tie. with just six days to go until the first votes are cast in iowa - presidential candidates can see the finish line. (sot: sen. ted cruz/(r-tx) presidential candidate)(012516 cruz manchester ia @ 15:23:52) "we're in the final sprint." (sot: donald trump/(r) presidential candidates)(012516 trump farmington nh @ 19:06:47) "this is now crunch time, this is crunch time right." (gfx from ctm @ 07:11:08:09) the latest poll out this morning shows donald trump has now regained a lead in iowa - but ted cruz is

jennifer braaten, is the 10th president of the methodist college.in a release, officials say family health issues led to her decision to step down.a committe is in the process of finding her replacement. wfxr news is your local election headquarters.and just days before the iowa caucuses- jerry falwell junior endorses donald trump for president. liberty university president announced his ensorsement - trump's website today.this endorsement is a blow to texas senator ted cruz- who announced his campaign from liberty last summer. and trump says he will not take part in the fox news presidential debate this thursday.donald trump ia nor not happy that megyn kelly will be one of the moderators. kelly challenged trump during fox's first debate back in august. coming up-someone in virginia has tested positive for the zika virus-where health officials believe they contracted the disease.and how it effect unborn babies. and in the ag life report- there's a buzz at a local winery.how they want to help the bee population- coming up overnight...cloud y with a 50 percent chance of rain. lows in thelowe