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	 Rosalynn Carter chairs a meeting in Chicago, IL. for the President's Commission on Mental Health.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Rosalynn Carter's legacy on mental healthcare and support for caregivers

Friday on Political Rewind: In this pre-recorded conversation we discuss the outpouring of support for former first lady Rosalynn Carter as her family announced her dementia diagnosis. This news comes as she spent decades fighting to erase mental health stigma and find support for caregivers. We talk to executives at the Carter Center and the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers about her legacy.

June 09, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Nigut and
  • Natalie Mendenhall
Police officer

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  • Mental Health

Small towns, cops and mental health patients

Every couple of weeks, police in Americus, a small city in Southwest Georgia, respond to trouble at the home of the same young man. The man goes through psychotic episodes, sometimes violent ones. He’s on the autism spectrum and has been diagnosed with a brain tumor.

November 04, 2021
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By:
  • Katja Ridderbusch

COVID-19 Cases Emerging In Southwest Georgia

Cases of COVID-19 are now emerging in Southwest Georgia, far from the state epicenter of the outbreak in metro Atlanta. Officials at Phoebe Putney...

March 16, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Former President Jimmy Carter has been released from Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus

Former President Jimmy Carter Released From Hospital

Former President Jimmy Carter has been released from Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, following treatment for a urinary tract...

December 04, 2019
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By:
  • Josephine Bennett
Former President Jimmy Carter was admitted to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center this weekend to treat an infection.

Jimmy Carter Back In The Hospital Being Treated For An Infection

Former President Jimmy Carter is back in the hospital just days after being released from Emory University Hospital following brain surgery. Over the...

December 02, 2019
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By:
  • Robert Jimison
The wraps come off the marker for the "Girls Of The Leesburg Stockade" in Lee County in September.

New Historical Marker For Girls Illegally Jailed During Civil Rights Era

Until recently, you could have probably ridden by the Leesburg Stockade in southwest Georgia without noticing it or having any clue about the civil...

October 18, 2019
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
"All Things Considered" host Rickey Bevington narrates ghost tales of Georgia.

Ghost Stories Of Georgia

"All Things Considered" Host Rickey Bevington turned from news stories to ghost stories for Halloween. She and producer Sophia Saliby unearthed haunting...

October 31, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Rickey Bevington ,
  • and 1 more
A mother and daughter are said to haunt the Windsor Hotel in Americus.

Georgia Ghosts: A Mother, Daughter Haunt This Hotel

This Halloween, we’re introducing you to some of Georgia’s most memorable ghosts. In the southwest Georgia town of Americus, a little girl and her...

October 29, 2018
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By:
  • Rickey Bevington and
  • Sophia Saliby
Hurricane track over southwest Georgia

Are Hurricanes the New Norm for South Georgia?

We spoke by phone to people from McRae, Plains and Valdosta about how Hurricanes may be the new normal for South Georgia.

October 12, 2018
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By:
  • Cindy Hill
The manhunt Minquell Lembrick ended on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, the day after the alleged gunman killed Americus police Officer Nicholas Smarr, right. Smarr was killed Wednesday by gunfire at an apartment in Americus. Officer Jody Smith died Thursday.

Officer Slayings 'Wreaked Havoc' On Rural Georgia Community

What started as a 911 call reporting a domestic disturbance erupted in violence as two responding officers were struck by deadly gunfire, leaving a...

December 09, 2016
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By:
  • Russ Bynum and
  • Associated Press
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BREAKING: South Georgia Authorities: 1 Officer Killed, 1 Wounded; Shooter At Large

Authorities say one of the police officers shot in Georgia while responding to a domestic dispute has died and another is in critical condition. Georgia...

December 07, 2016
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  • Associated Press

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