PLAINS, Ga. — By late Monday morning, flags were at half-staff in this small downtown and the decorations were coming down—early. "This next week was gonna be our packing up Christmas," said ...

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 ...

PLAINS, Ga. — Signs that read “Happy 100th Birthday Mr. President!” dotted lawns. The local general store stocked up on its famous peanut butter ice cream. And the population of this tiny ...

PLAINS, Ga. − From Dollar General to the local high school, Americans had words of admiration in Jimmy Carter's hometown for a local hero who became president and leader of the free world and ...

PLAINS, Ga. — To the world, he was a former president and global humanitarian. But here in this quiet Southern town, Jimmy Carter was something altogether more — a Sunday school teacher ...

People line the street in Plains, Ga., before the hearse carrying the casket of former President Jimmy Carter passes through the town Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100.

Plains, Ga., joins a collection of other small towns known for their part in presidential history. That can provide a steady source of tourism. By Christina Morales Reporting from Plains ...

On January 12th, 1971 Jimmy Carter became the 76th Governor of Georgia. Maer says he first learned of Mr. Carter’s White House ambitions while at a meeting at the Governors Mansion in 1974.

But this weekend, at the annual Peanut Festival in Carter's hometown of Plains, Ga., most people just wanted to celebrate him as a neighbor and a friend. Georgia Public Broadcasting's Sofi Gratas ...

Rain and thunderstorms are expected to cover much of the eastern half of the country on May 29, according to the weather ...