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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards ventured into the Republican stronghold of St. Tammany Parish this afternoon for a well-received speech before the St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce. Though ...

Former Gov. Edwin Edwards - four-time Louisiana governor, convicted felon and recent failed TV reality star - announced this afternoon at the Baton Rouge Press Club that he would be running for ...

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. Before he was first ...

Edwin Edwards, the 86-year-old former four-term governor of Louisiana who completed an eight-year prison term for racketeering and extortion in 2011, announced Monday that he is running for Congress ...

The Rascal Who Stopped the KlansmanEdwin Edwards went from the governor’s mansion to the penitentiary and back again, saving Louisiana from David Duke. Louisiana Has Two Living Ex-Governors: An Old Ex ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Louisiana's only four-term governor, Edwin Edwards, is turning 90-years-old on Aug. 7. To say he is a colorful character is an understatement. Edwards, who was always dogged by ...