Illinois residents may be surprised to find out United States Postal Service offices are closed one day this week, but it's not because of a federal holiday.

Jimmy Carter, whose official state funeral will be held Thursday in Washington, D.C., was introduced to Chicago at a South Shore church during the 1976 presidential campaign. He later returned to work on a Habitat for Humanity project in West Garfield Park,

Since Carter's passing, there has been an outpouring of goodwill for the former president, whose legacy invokes images of peanut farms and the wooden frames of houses he helped build. But for many Salvadoran Americans, like me, his memory is … complicated.

When Jimmy Carter ran for president, he was barely known outside of his home state. He had served in the Georgia State Senate and as governor of Georgia, but was far from a household name. What gave momentum to his campaign and endeared him to the youth ...

Federal offices and agencies will be closed for former President Jimmy Carter's funeral. Unlike normal holidays, some agencies and most businesses will still be open on Jan. 9.

President Joe Biden designated Thursday, Jan. 9, as a national day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter.

The nation paid its final respects on Thursday to former President Jimmy Carter, who died at 100 on Dec. 29.

Full coverage of the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter and the schedule of events throughout this National Day of Mourning.

Good morning, Chicago. Brooklyn, Illinois, is considered to be one of the country’s first Black settlements, the first majority-Black town in America to incorporate and the oldest such-town still in existence today.

Jimmy Carter, the only U.S. president born in Georgia, is taking one last tour of his beloved state on Saturday. A funeral home in Savannah is giving people in the Coastal Empire a chance to pay their respects to former President Jimmy Carter. President ...

American flags fly at half-staff for 30 days to mourn former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away at 100.

A bit of Jimmy Carter’s legacy spilled into my world last week. It came in the wake of the former president’s funeral and sparked a strong reaction from Jon Drummond, a friend and retired fellow writer who lives in Wheeling. Jon did not get into Carter’s politics — before and after. His focus was on people and how they treat each other.