This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Former Governor ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards has been hospitalized with pneumonia but his wife says he is responding well to treatment. “He’s tired, but overall he’s doing well” after being ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards said Monday that he will enter the race for Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District, ending months of speculation about the 86-year-old’s ...

Former Gov. Edwin Edwards will be the featured speaker at the St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce's luncheon Wednesday. The event is expected to play before a packed house at Tchefuncta Country Club ...

In 2004, Jim Brown began writing a weekly column to vent at what he called his unjust conviction and six months in prison, from actions while he was Louisiana’s insurance commissioner. Soon enough, ...

Charles "Budgie" "Charlie" Roemer II, a powerful political operative from north Louisiana who rose to become Edwin Edwards' first commissioner of administration but also served 15 months in federal ...

NEW ORLEANS - Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards will star on a cable-TV show alongside the woman he married after his release from federal prison on a corruption conviction. In a Facebook exchange ...