Those in Jimmy Carter’s hometown Thursday came from different backgrounds, but they were there for the same reasons. That was to be among the hundreds of folks lining the 1-mile route in Plains, ...

People living in Plains, Georgia are remembering the legacy of President Jimmy Carter after he was laid to rest Thursday.

"From the Plains Peanut Festival to the Governor’s Mansion, to the White House—and to communities around the globe—they remained grounded and humble, and Plains always remained home in their hearts.” ...

Think of Jimmy Carter’s life as a book. Appropriate, given he was a prolific writer. And yesterday was the last paragraph in the final chapter of a century-old story. “I don’t mean this with any ...

Visitors and community members alike remember President Jimmy Carter in his hometown in Plains, Georgia, after his death.

From Plains to Atlanta, mourners in Georgia will pay their respects to Jimmy Carter. The service begins six days of funeral ...

In his small Georgia hometown, Jimmy Carter was always far more than a state governor or this country’s commander in chief. He was a neighbor, a friend.

Jimmy Carter was known to wake up at 4 a.m. and go to the fields at his family farm to round up peanuts, then take them inside to boil before trekking to nearby downtown Plains to sell them.

Over the last two weeks, resources from across the state and nation flowed into Sumter County for the state funeral of former ...

Plains, Ga., had been bracing for the inevitable through the former president’s ailments and nearly two years of hospice care. Still, his death, at 100, “doesn’t seem real.” By Rick Rojas ...

Well, except maybe for the Secret Service detail quietly tailing him. Plains, Georgia doesn’t have a big grocery store, robust dining options or a movie theater. But, until just days ago ...