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Askewville • Aulander • Colerain • Kelford • Lewiston Woodville • Merry Warriors claim second Sports Page 6 wellsville • Roxobel • Windsor Le MCCP0008293- MCC LIBRARY 1161 KEHUKEE PARK RD WILLIAMSTON NC 27892-8307 WEDNESDAY • JANUARY 8,2020 980 S. Academy St. Ahoskie,NC 27910 jSsinEi^ Heating & Air Conditioning 252209.0223 Baby stroller thrown at police car Windsor man leads police on 100-mph chase THADD WHITE Bertie Ledger-Advance WINDSOR - It looked like a real live version of Mario Cart. With a car speeding away from law enforcement Jan. 2, the passengers began toss ing contents of the car at the VBH limits visits LESLIE BEACHBOARD Bertie Ledger-Advance GREENVILLE - Vidant Health values family presence when loved ones are in the hospi tal. At the same time, they are responsible for pro tecting patients from being exposed to virus es such as the flu. Due to the high num ber of people with the flu in the community, Vi dant Health is temporar ily changing its family presence and visitation practices for patient safety as well as for the safety for visitors. Beginning tomorrow (Jan. 9), all Vidant hos pitals will only welcome visitors who are 12 years and older, who are not exhibiting symptoms of a cold or flu, diarrhea, vomiting or headache. See LIMITS, 8 police vehicles. “It was unlike anything you’ve seen except possi bly on Mario Cart,” Windsor Police Chief Justin Jackson said. “Fortunately, no one was injured and our officers did a good job of avoiding everything from car seats to baby strollers.” Windsor Police Lt. Frank Ratzlaff said two officers - Sgt. Jason Thomas and Cpl. Chris Leggett - were con ducting a license checkpoint on N.C. 308 when the driver of a 2003 Silver Saturn turned around and began to speed through a private yard and into a field. BEST OF THE BEST Officers immediately be gan to give chase. As the driver turned back on N.C. 308 and then made the turn onto Madre Road, passengers began tossing items out of the car and onto the roadway. Objects in cluded a baby seat, a stroller and an abundance of smaller CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Windsor Elementary School’s Amy Mizell, a fifth grade teacher, was selected as the N.C. Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCCTM) “Outstanding Elementary School Mathematics Teacher” for 2018-2019 for Bertie County Schools. She was honored at the group’s Annual Confer ence, which was held at Khoury Convention Center in Greensboro, late last year. items. The vehicle turned onto Grabtown Road where speeds in the chase reached 100 miles per hour. The driv er of the Saturn continued to lead officers on the high speed chase as they headed to St. Francis Road and then onto U.S. 17 headed toward Windsor. See CHASE, 8 Bertie gains $22M LESLIE BEACHBOARD Bertie Ledger-Advance WINDSOR - Twenty- two million dollars and counting. This is how much funding Bertie County has received for Hur ricane Matthew flood mitigation and repairs. Holland Consulting Planners representa tive Chris Hilbert gave an update to the Bertie County Commission ers about the funding and projects across the county earlier this week. “There are three main programs for the mitiga tion,” said Hilbert. The first program is hazard mitigation. Bertie County has been approved approxi mately for $6 million for the program. According to Hilbert, See BERTIE, 8 Federal judge blocks photo ID requirement in NC Unless the injunction is appealed, March primary will not require ID BY GARY D. RDBERTSDN that next week U.S. District notice from the federal court ballot filers, who also would advance voter ID, saying that BY GARY D. RDBERTSDN Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — Republican attempts to require photo identification to vote in North Carolina are being thwarted again by judges hearing arguments that the mandate is tainted by bias that would deter black and Latino residents. A federal court announced that next week U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs will for mally block a photo ID re quirement scheduled to be gin in 2020. Unless the upcoming pre liminary injunction is suc cessfully appealed, the re quirement will be halted until a lawsuit filed by the state NAACP and others is resolved. Thursday’s short written notice from the federal court in Winston-Salem previewed Biggs’ order because state election officials were plan ning to expand efforts to educate voters about the ID law within days. Although the requirement would be carried out begin ning with the March 3 prima ry, the requirement would actually start in just a few weeks with mail-in absentee ballot filers, who also would have to provide an ID copy. The state law identified several types of qualifying photo IDs and allowed peo ple lacking one to get a free ID card or to fill out a form while voting explaining their “reasonable impediment” to obtaining one. GOP leaders in charge of the legislature have been try ing for most of the decade to advance voter ID, saying that more than 30 states require it and it builds confidence in elections. Data show voter imperson ation is rare, however. The voting pool — currently 6.8 million registered voters — is critical in a closely divid ed presidential battleground state where statewide races See ID,8 In this edition ▼ RELAY FOR LIFE Classified 5 Opinion 4 Out & About 2 Sports 6 ( Good Morning, Teresa Cole OF Colerain Thank you for subscribing! 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