GEORGIA (WALB) - On this day in 1976, South Georgia’s own Jimmy Carter was elected president of the United States. Carter was born in Plains, Georgia, a small town in Sumter County. He attended public ...

Carter now joins a select group of Americans to be featured on a USPS stamp. There is also a new Carter Center documentary highlighting the fight against Guinea worm. For the Carter family, the stamp ...

Former President Jimmy Carter’s 77-year marriage with former first lady Rosalynn Carter was a defining feature of his life, spanning Carter’s career from a south Georgia peanut farmer to state senator ...

PLAINS, Ga. (WALB) - The annual Plains Peanut Festival returned this weekend with a bittersweet tone as the community celebrated for the first time without former President Jimmy Carter. The longtime ...

There's been much conversation about the fashion choices of America's first ladies, from Jacqueline Kennedy to Michelle Obama. But a new exhibit unveiled this week showcases the clothing choices of ...

There’s a 13-foot-tall peanut with a toothy grin standing proudly in Plains, Georgia, and it might just be the most gloriously bizarre roadside attraction you’ll ever encounter. You know how some ...

These 15 images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest will grow on you Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries Photographs selected by Allison Scates Text by Tracy Scott Forson In some countries, it ...

WARNER ROBINS — Timmi Moore ducks into a sliver of shade to hide from the midmorning sun. But not too much. Passersby along this roasting strip of Middle Georgia roadway need to know she is open for ...

"The town hosts the School Bus Graveyard, a unique junkyard with over one hundred rusting and rotting school buses. Every year, local artists transform the junks into a canvas, painting whimsical ...

Respect is something people earn through the things they do and how they conduct themselves over the course of their lifetime. Over the past several months we have lost two individuals — Pope Francis ...

Jimmy Carter wasn’t like most ex-presidents. When he passed away at 100 on December 29, 2024, his legacy wasn’t tied to wealth or luxury but to his humanitarian efforts and down-to-earth lifestyle.