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Why Jimmy Carter’s pastor won’t say ‘goodbye’ to the former president

PLAINS, Ga. — When Jimmy Carter and his pastor, Tony Lowden, part ways after prayer sessions or private conversations, they have a hard-and-fast rule never to say goodbye.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: The final campaign of America's exemplary ex-president

Jimmy Carter has secured a legacy as probably the greatest former president in modern American history. The former chief executive — whose one term is generally viewed as an almost unmitigated disaster — has spent his many post-presidential years promoting human rights and building houses for the underprivileged while living…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In Plains, Jimmy Carter’s friend reflects on 40 years of memories

PLAINS, Ga. — Nelle Ariail has 40 years' worth of stories about Jimmy Carter.

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A somber Presidents Day in Jimmy Carter’s Plains

PLAINS, Ga. — Jimmy Carter was ensconced Monday at his home as family and friends journeyed to pay what could be their last respects. Down the road, the town he grew up in marked a somber Presidents Day reflecting on their native son’s legacy.

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Plains ‘smiling peanut’ gets face-lift as residents prepare to say goodbye to Jimmy Carter

PLAINS, Ga. — Michael Dominick got the call last week that the city’s “smiling peanut” statue that sits on Georgia Highway 45 heading into Plains’ downtown needed to be spruced up.

Tribune News Service

Carter’s hometown prepares to say goodbye to ‘Mr. Jimmy’

PLAINS, Ga. — “To me, he’s a friend. To a lot of us here, he’s just a churchgoer that sits on the same pews,” said Zac Steele, one of the lay leaders of Maranatha Baptist Church, the congregation where Carter long taught Sunday school lessons until his health declined.

Tribune News Service

Former President Jimmy Carter enters home hospice care in Georgia

After a series of short hospital stays, the statement said, Carter “decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention.”

Chicago Sun-Times

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In Jimmy Carter’s Plains, Ga., Christmas tree tradition lives on

PLAINS, Ga.—Early Tuesday morning, Ron Hobkirk, Brennan Morris and Henry Smith ventured out of the woods behind the old Jimmy Carter Boyhood Home carrying what would soon be a Christmas tree.

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Happy birthday, Mr. President: Greetings fill social media for Jimmy Carter

Former President Jimmy Carter planned a simple 98th birthday celebration with family, friends and the Atlanta Braves. But the well-wishes extended far beyond his Plains, Georgia, home.

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Jimmy Carter to celebrate 98 with family, friends, baseball

Jimmy Carter, already the longest-living U.S. president in history, will celebrate his 98th birthday Saturday with family and friends in Plains, the tiny Georgia town where he and his wife, 95-year-old Rosalynn, were born

The Independent UK

SSPCA appeal for information after injured bird caught in illegal springer trap in Lanarkshire village had to be put to sleep

Stricken jackdaw discovered by a member of the public in Plains, with charity now urging people to help with their investigation

Daily Record

Airdrie teenager missing for more than a week sparks renewed police appeal to trace him

UPDATE: Kullin Lawson has been traced safe and well.

Glasgow Live

Scots cops renew appeal to trace missing teen after young accomplice traced

Kullin Lawson, 15, was last seen on Tuesday March 8 in the Airdrie Road area of Plains, just outside the North Lanarkshire town of Airdrie.

Daily Record

How Joe Burrow's hometown followed the quarterback into the 'Who Dey' army

THE PLAINS, Ohio — He dribbled an imaginary basketball around the room before taking aim at a hoop only he could see.

Los Angeles Times

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