WISCONSIN – In 1989, in a cornfield in southeastern Pennsylvania, Holmes Morton, MD, built a timber-frame clinic to care for the area’s Old Order Amish and Mennonite children, many of whom had poorly understood, complex…
BETHANY, MO — An Amish man who admitted to poisoning his wife to death 10 years ago was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday. Samuel Borntreger, 39, admitted to poisoning his former wife, Anna…
INDIANA – A study published Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2015, explored reasons why asthma is so uncommon among Amish communities, where children play barefoot in dairy barns and farm fields. Experts have long recognized that exposure to…
PITTSBURGH, PA — Pennsylvania police are investigating a case of alleged animal cruelty after photos of the incident surfaced on Facebook. The woman who made the post claims the horse wasn’t able to pull a…
CANTON, MO – A Lewis County man is facing a sex abuse charge for an alleged incident in 1997, according to the sheriff’s office. Henry Schwartz, 53, of Canton, was arrested Wednesday on a first-degree…
LANCASTER, PA – Daniel Stoltzfus, 43, and his wife Savilla Stoltzfus, 42, both of 10 Locust Lane in Quarryville, are accused of providing their then 14-year-old daughter to Lee Kaplan as part of a 2012 agreement.…
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA –14-year-old Amish girl ‘gifted’ to man 33 years her senior in exchange for financial help: court hears “Fourteen,” the young woman responded when asked: How old was she when she began having…
DRUMORE, PA – Father, 2 sons charged in sex assaults of 3 girls at Drumore Twp. home Ephraim Zook and Daniel Zook are each accused of assaults involving one girl while Ivan Zook allegedly assaulted…
From the time I was a young Amish boy, I thought that I wouldn’t mind being a preacher. In my early teens, I memorized large portions of scripture in German, and practiced quoting them as…
University Park, PA – Amish upbringing influences Shenango graduate Raised in an Amish community in Pennsylvania until the age of 23, Linda Byler, a 4.0 student who graduated from Penn State Shenango in December 2015, knew…
