FEASTERVILLE, PA – Lee Kaplan was arrested at his home in Pennsylvania on Thursday morning after child welfare workers and police conducted a surprise visit based on an anonymous tip. They found girls between the ages of…
RICHMOND, IN – Amish communities from three Indiana counties met Monday night to talk about a common problem: heroin. Amish elder Ben Stoltzfus says the problem of opioid addiction hasn’t spared his otherwise isolated community.
All names have been changed in order to protect the innocent. Letter Introduction: When I left the Amish in 2012, our church had an average attendance of about thirteen to fifteen families. Our church didn’t…
LANCASTER, Pa. — A Nottingham man will serve at least one month in prison for causing one of the most “bizarre” DUI crashes officials say they have ever seen. Thomas Candler Felts was convicted of…
BETHANY, MO.- The Missouri Attorney General’s office is helping with the prosecution of an Amish minister from Kentucky charged in his wife’s 2006 death in Missouri. Borntreger, of Summer Shade, Kentucky, is charged with first-degree…
I was born to Amish parents in Geauga County, Ohio in 1982. When I was six years old, we moved to a new community in Hart County, Kentucky because my parents didn’t like the partying…
I grew up Amish and was raised in a good family. I am the oldest of seven. Growing up, I always had questions and tons of them: “Why do we do certain things? Why are…
KENTUCKY – Sam Girod, an Amish farmer from Kentucky, has been running his small business selling natural salves made from herbs such as chickweed (which seem to help relieve many skin conditions, including allergic rashes, psoriasis,…
SHIPSHEWANA and TOPEKA, IN – Five Amish teens are facing alcohol related charges after they were caught driving 110 mph on U.S. 31 in Northern Indiana on Friday night. The teens may have been on…
PENNSYLVANIA – This year, a Super PAC has already been established to stir up Amish support for Republican candidate Donald Trump, who is neck-and-neck with Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton in early polls in states like…
