One Sunday in May 1917, on the first day of services at the newly built First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Athens, the congregation celebrated with a processional and mortgage burning.

For over 35 years he and Rosalynn Carter served as Habitat for Humanity’s most famous volunteers helping ... with Habitat for Humanity in Americus, Georgia, near their home of Plains, in March ...

Alabama's state nut is the pecan, so it's no surprise that folks in Alabama love this ingredient in their ice cream. Butter pecan is one of the top flavors in ice cream parlors across the state.

Now, as the town in rural, southwest Georgia mourns the ... when Carter was alive because people will be curious to learn of his origins. Jones lives in Americus, a neighboring city, but has ...

For three years, from age nine to 12, I lived in Americus, Georgia, just off the highway to Plains. The Carter family was famous in that area of southwest ... When he was deposed by the Iranian people ...

AMERICUS, Ga. (WALB) - The Americus Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing disabled man. 56-year-old Darryl Hutley was last seen on Saturday, Feb. 1, at around 2 ...

AMERICUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Multiple law enforcement agencies took a murder suspect into custody on early Wednesday morning. Police say Deavion Lockhart, 28, was arrested by Americus Police ...

Americus Rotary Club member and Past President Angela Smith presented South Georgia Technical College Criminal Justice student Barbara Chestnut of Mauk with a stipend recently on behalf of the ...

The state funeral began Saturday in Americus, Georgia and proceeded to Carter's hometown of Plains before the motorcade traveled to Atlanta for a ceremony at the Carter Center. On Tuesday ...

Paul Farr, South Georgia Technical College Director of Business and Industry Services for the Americus campus ... By investing in our people, TCSG is not only enhancing the capabilities of its ...