Lancaster, Pennsylvania – A Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty in a drive-by shooting that killed a horse pulling a buggy with an Amish family inside in Lancaster County has been sentenced to one to two…
Wilmington Township, Pennsylvania – An Amish school in northern Lawrence County was put on lockdown last week when a man behaving in an unusual manner trespassed into the schoolyard. State police said that a white…
Lancaster, Pennsylvania – Merlin Miller, the eccentric leader of the Ohio Amish community on TV’s “Amish Mafia,” appeared Friday at Lancaster Newspapers’ door in an attempt to collar the governor for a few private words.…
Algansee Township, Michigan – After two years of meetings, misunderstandings and legal wrangling, the Amish community in Algansee Township have opened a fourth school in the 500 block of Colvin Road. Monday night the township…
New Holstein, Wisconsin – Though it has been decided that selling unpasteurized dairy products in Wisconsin is illegal, advocates for raw milk would like to know what the state’s Supreme Court has to say about…
Tyre, New York – Ever since they settled in this tiny farm town along the New York State Thruway more than a decade ago, the Amish have been a benign, generally welcome presence: guiding their…
Cave City, Kentucky – Billy Minton often jokes with the Amish employees at Bi-Rite grocery in Cave City, with whom he’s developed a good rapport since he began driving them to and from work about…
Jumping the fence from the other side … I can’t tell you how many letters, phone calls and e-mails I receive from people inquiring about how they can become Amish. The number has to…
Brown City, Michigan – Hoof steps and the sound of steel wheels crunching over gravel are a common soundtrack to country life in southwestern Sanilac County. While Amish horses and buggies aren’t a new sight…
I was born into the Schwartzentruber Amish sect, which is the strictest Amish group. I enjoyed many benefits from growing up in the Amish culture. I liked the strong sense of community that the Amish…
