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Carter’s legacy among town’s Black residents as strong as ever

PLAINS, Ga. — Fridays were special for Bonita Hightower.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023

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 · Feb 22, 2023

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 · Feb 22, 2023

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 · Feb 18, 2023

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.

Tribune News Service · Dec 21, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Oct 1, 2022

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 · Oct 1, 2022

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 · Aug 17, 2022

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 · Mar 16, 2022

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 · Mar 15, 2022