An Australian woman in Franklinton faces voter fraud charges for allegedly illegally voting in the last two federal elections. Kace Kieschnick reports.
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Tropical Storm Arthur is expected to make landfall in Southwest Louisiana tonight. Jeff Palermo has more.
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A 51-year-old Australian woman is facing up to five years in prison for allegedly illegally voting in the 2022 and 2024 federal elections. Nataly Migliore (Mil-ee-yor-ay) is a legal permanent resident of Franklinton who allegedly registered to vote despite not being a U.S. citizen. Secretary of State Nancy Landry says she is just one of what of numerous noncitizens found in Louisiana’s voter registration.
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Landry’s office found the alleged illegal voters by using the federal SAVE database. A new law signed by Governor Jeff Landry will require all future Secretaries of State to also utilize the database. Landry says the tool compares registered voter lists to federal databases to check citizenship status.
Landry says there are open investigations into other cases of illegal voting thanks to the information found with the SAVE database. She says she expects more indictments similar to Migliore’s in the near future.
The U-S Attorney’s office says Migliore lied about being a U-S Citizen and that false claim led to her being able to register to vote. Migliore faces two counts each of fraudulent voting and false statement.
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Senator Bill Cassidy is speaking out against the proposed deal with Iran to end the war and re-open the Strait of Hormuz. Cassidy says if it goes through, the deal makes the entire U.S.-led operation in vain.
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Cassidy says the deal strikes him as what he terms “JCPOA 2.0,” which was the deal that President Obama struck with Iran, which he also opposed. He says this deal will cost the U.S. and the American people dearly.
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The Trump administration says the deal mean Iran will not procure or develop nuclear weapons.
Cassidy says furthermore, the U.S. just gave Iran a massive amount of ammunition for future negotiations that it cannot undo.
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Tropical Storm Arthur, located off the Texas coast, is expected to bring flash flooding conditions to south and central Louisiana. The system was upgraded to a tropical storm this morning with sustained winds of 40 miles per hour. Andy Tingler with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles says Arthur could bring eight or more inches of rain to some areas.
In the one o’ clock advisory, Arthur’s maximum sustained winds were 45 miles per hour, but the wind speeds are expected to drop as Arthur makes landfall. Tingler says the biggest threat from the disorganized storm is heavy rainfall in a short amount of time.
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The center of the storm is currently over the Texas coast, moving towards Louisiana at around nine miles per hour. Tingler says Southwest and Central Louisiana will be right in the path of the heaviest rain.
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Franklin Parish four-star running back Trey Martin will be a Tiger. Martin is the state’s top back in the 2027 class and is ranked as the number 14 tailback in the nation by 247Sports. Franklin Parish football coach Adrian Burnette says having Martin in the backfield is a coach’s dream.
Martin started his high school career at safety before taking over as the Patriots’ lead back when starter DJ Neal went down with injury. As a track sprinter, Martin posted a season-best time of 11.31 seconds in the 100 meters and a six-foot high jump mark. Burnette says he’s a special athlete.
Martin chose LSU over offers from Florida and Ole Miss. Burnette says he’s quiet off the field, but he’s always around his teammates.