In 2004, Jim Brown began writing a weekly column to vent at what he called his unjust conviction and six months in prison, ...

GONZALES, LA. — Just down I-10 from Baton Rouge, south on state Highway 44 and a mile or so beyond the Do Right Full Gospel Baptist Church, Louisiana’s legendary political lion is having the ...

By Robert D. McFadden Mere months after being released from prison, former Gov. Edwin Edwards of Louisiana greeted an enthusiastic crowd as the grand marshal of the 2011 International Rice ...

Former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards is vowing to lead "an active life" despite losing his political comeback bid for Congress. The colorful Democrat, who was defeated Saturday by Republican ...

To call Edwin Edwards “colorful” is like saying Cajun cuisine is “spicy.” It’s true, but the word is hardly adequate in describing the reality. The former four-term governor of Louisiana ...

There may be no Southern politician who was more colorful, controversial and consequential than Edwin Edwards, who dominated Louisiana politics for more than three decades. Everything about ...

BATON ROUGE - "Let's just say you're on reserve." These are the words Edwin Edwards used to propose to his wife Candy in 1992, during the first year of his last term as governor. There was no bent ...

Today, the series continues with the end of the colorful political career of Edwin Edwards. THEN: Former Gov. Edwin Edwards, the most influential Louisiana politician of the second half of the 20 ...

Veteran Louisiana politician John Alario said his visit Friday to Edwin Edwards' home while the former governor was under hospice care was difficult.“I’ve always known him to be a strong ...

But Edwin Washington Edwards, the high-living “Cajun King” who died Monday at 93, proved up to it, matching their deft political instincts while coolly delivering a steady supply of memorable ...