Ahead of Jimmy Carter's national funeral service Thursday morning, we're looking back at how the late former president embraced Philadelphia's "brotherly love" mantra, making heartfelt connections during visits here over the years.

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and Councilmember Jamie Gauthier joined leaders from Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia in front of City Hall to honor the former president's volunteer service.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, will be laid to rest Thursday following his death on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Carter's state funeral began Saturday morning at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia. After lying in ...

Philadelphia and Habitat for Humanity paid tribute to President Jimmy Carter Thursday as the nation said its final goodbyes.

Former President Jimmy Carter will be buried in the small town where he lived, married, and died: Plains, Georgia. Carter spent more than 80 of his 100 years in and around the town, which still has fewer than 700 people,

Perhaps Carter’s most revealing poem, “I Wanted to Share My Father’s World,” concerns the man who never got to see his namesake son’s achievements. He wrote that he despised Earl’s discipline, and swallowed hunger for “just a word of praise.”

On this National Day of Mourning for President Jimmy Carter, a local organization close to his heart paid their own tribute to him and the help he brought to Philadelphia.

While many of America's leaders congregated in the nation's capital for former President Jimmy Carter's memorial service, Philadelphia celebrated his legacy through his works.

It was sunrise on a frigid Saturday morning in Plains, and two couples in their 60s and 70s from Florida were the first folks to stake a claim at the intersection of Church and Bond streets. They drove 6 1/2 hours to witness history and express their gratitude in the hometown of the nation’s 39 th president.

Thousands are enduring the frigid cold for the opportunity to pay their respects to former president Jimmy Carter.

This proclamation stands as a testament to the strides Fort Worth resident Shallie Bey Jr. made as the head of the United States Mint in Philadelphia from 1978 to 1981, from introducing the Susan B. Anthony coin to improving plant safety and leading the production of billions of coins.