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 ...

Three decades ago, then-Gov. Edwin Edwards hosted regular high-stakes poker games with men seeking coveted state licenses to operate riverboat casino boats. The revelation about the games added to ...

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 ...

said Edwin Edwards, from the passenger seat of his Cadillac Escalade. Both the size of the SUV's black leather seat and of the middle-aged man behind the wheel made the former governor with a colossal ...