Edwin Edwards, the 86-year-old ex-con and former Louisiana governor, is seeking public office again. Today, Edwards announced he was running for the state's 6th Congressional District. The Times ...

Edwin Edwards released a statement several hours after she died, saying they were married for 40 years, "and she was a great asset to me as governor during my first three terms. She spent a great deal ...

Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards, a Democrat who served four terms as governor and nearly 10 years in federal prison for extortion, conspiracy and racketeering, has died at age 93. Former Louisiana ...

A populist firebrand of Louisiana politics has died. Four-term Democratic Gov. Edwin Edwards, who also served prison time for corruption, died Monday at his home in Gonzales, La. He was 93. A ...

Former Gov. Edwin Edwards, the charismatic rogue who served four terms in the Capitol as well as a stint in federal prison for corruption, can still pack a room. More than 500 people, among them ...

Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards turns 90 today. Edwards, a Democrat, will celebrate with a sold-out birthday bash Saturday night in Baton Rouge at the Renaissance Hotel. Other WRAL Top Stories ...

She was a Washington Mardi Gras queen, a model, an actress, a high school teacher – and the second oldest child of Edwin Edwards, the only four-term governor in Louisiana history. Now at 71, Victoria ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Mourners steadily filed by the flag-draped open casket of former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards on Saturday, saying their farewells at a public viewing in the marble-trimmed main ...

Under the state Constitution Edwin Edwards will be almost 100 before he is allowed to run for a fifth term as governor. The implications should be obvious. We must draft a constitutional amendment and ...

Here's what newspapers throughout the state are offering online readers today: Rusty Costanza / The Times-PicayuneEdwin Edwards talks to reporters before entering the Federal Medical Center- Fort ...

Edwards was the last in a long line of colorful populist Democrats who once dominated Louisiana politics. He served four terms as governor, and... Edwin Edwards, The Larger-Than-Life Former Louisiana ...