SUGAR GROVE TOWNSHIP, PA – An eight-year conflict has left a Pennsylvania family struggling to practice their faith against a sewage ordinance in Sugar Grove Township, Pennsylvania. Joseph and Barbara Yoder, an Old Order Amish… PA Court flushes Amish free exercise claim after 8-year sewer battle
MADISON, WI – A new law authored by a pair of local lawmakers to ensure more safety on our roadways was passed by the State Assembly on Tuesday. State Senator Jerry Petrowski (R-Marathon), and Representative John Spiros (R-Marshfield) worked… Animal-drawn vehicle safety measure passes State Assembly
Feeling like ants in a cornfield, we meandered down the wide, needle-carpeted trails between the gigantic redwood trees at Jedidiah Smith State Park. Our six children, all adults now, scattered out ahead of us. One… 33 years on, the family stands tall
PENN YAN, NY – Rising populations of Amish and Mennonite communities in more rural parts of New York state over the past decade have meant an increase in horse-drawn buggies on the roads, and increasing… Horse buggy-car crashes a concern on NY roads
CLEVELAND, OH – Amish bishop Sam Mullet is asking the Cleveland federal judge who sent him to prison to overturn his convictions for orchestrating a series of beard and hair-cutting attacks on his enemies. Mullet argues in… Sam Mullet, Amish bishop who orchestrated beard-cutting attacks, asks judge to overturn his convictions
I had covered many things in my 20-plus years as a reporter — but never a deadly buggy accident. Recently, though, a news brief from upstate New York caught my eye. A young Amish man… On the Road With the Amish
PENNSYLVANIA – The case Yoder v. Sugar Grove Area Sewer Authority was heard in a Pennsylvania state appellate court, concluding a five-year legal battle when a 2-1 court decision ruled the Old Order Amish couple has to… Amish faith lost when beliefs and government clashed
SUGAR GROVE, PA – The Commonwealth Court has ruled that connecting an Amish couple’s property to a municipal sewer system using an electric pump does not violate the couple’s religious freedom. A split three-judge Commonwealth Court panel… Court: Electric Sewer Pump Does Not Infringe on Amish Couple’s Religious Freedom
WARREN COUNTY, PA – After a legal battle spanning more than five years, a Pennsylvania court has agreed with a lower court ruling that ordered a Warren County Amish family to connect to a municipal sewer,… Pa. court rules against Amish family and its privy, orders sewer and electric connection
Alymer, Ontario – A hydraulic-powered printing press in rural Malahide Township, near Aylmer, just entered its 50th year of operation printing papers for a local Amish community. It may not be long before the old machine… Hydraulic printing press has been used by local Amish community for 50 years
