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Thursday, May 02, 2013  Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and President Jimmy Carter were at Georgia Southwestern State University Thursday afternoon for the second and final  unveiling of the Rosalynn Carter health and human sciences complex.

Saturday, December 08, 2012  Updated with video; Residents in Plains made their way into the street tonight to bring in the Christmas season.

Sunday, September 16, 2012  Updated with video; Southwest Georgia's little peanut had its day Sunday in plains, Georgia.

Saturday, September 15, 2012  Updated with video; Congressman Sanford Bishop will be attending the Plains Peanut Festival this weekend, along with former United States President, Jimmy Carter.

Sunday, August 19, 2012  You can dine with former President Jimmy Carter and Albany native Chef Paula Deen in a night to fight cancer.

Monday, October 24, 2011  During a visit to Plains, the former president read a Thomas the Tank Engine book and talked about the importance of reading with them.

Sunday, July 24, 2011  Updated with video; A local celebrity gives his thoughts on raising the debt ceiling.

Friday, February 11, 2011  President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn tour the new medical campus.

Thursday, September 30, 2010  Former President Jimmy Carter was released from a hospital in Ohio on Thursday.  He had been hospitalized for two days because of a gastric viral infection, reported WAGA FOX 5 in Atlanta.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010  Former President Jimmy Carter remained in an Ohio hospital Wednesday after doctors recommended additional observation following an overnight stay for an upset stomach, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010  Former President Jimmy Carter has been taken to a hospital in Cleveland after complaining that he did not feel well on a Delta flight, reported WAGA FOX 5 in Atlanta.

Friday, August 27, 2010  A smile flickered across Aijalon Gomes' face as he hugged former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and boarded a plane for Boston on Friday

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010  The nonprofit group headed by former President Jimmy Carter is pushing the rival Palestinian factions to hold free elections in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Tuesday, November 03, 2009  A new medical campus in Americus named Phoebe Sumter Medical Center broke ground Tuesday.