Medina, Ohio – An attorney representing a Homer Township Amish family said there are constitutional protections that should prevent the state from appointing a guardian to oversee 11-year-old Sarah Hershberger’s medical care. Maurice Thompson, an…
My name is Lisa Yoder and I’m married with three children. I was the recipient of a scholarship from the Amish Descendant Scholarship Fund in 2013. I’m currently in my junior year of college, working…
Rochester, New York – A poignant and penetrating look at what it means to be cut off from faith and family, The Amish: Shunned follows seven people who have chosen to leave their closed and…
Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania – Nearly three dozen residents from the Amish community of Nickel Mines, Penn., were in Newtown last Friday. The group spent about nine hours in town, offering support from an unfortunate point…
Lancaster, Pennsylvania – The first time Beth Graybill saw Lizzie Zook, Zook was riding down a country road on a motorized scooter with a tall, orange safety flag. Zook was 70 at the time and…
Lancaster, Pennsylvania – It was a different technological world when Lancaster County-based Esh Computer Center started 25 years ago. It’s still a different world, culturally speaking, for the company’s considerable roster of Amish clients. But…
Logan-Simpson County, Kentucky – Sixteen members of an Amish community living around the Logan-Simpson county line attended the Jan. 13 Auburn City Council meeting to voice opposition to an amendment of one of the city’s…
Leon, New York – The man whose gun was allegedly involved in the accidental shooting of an 8-year-old Amish boy will stand trial on Feb. 13 at 5 p.m. in Leon Court. Eli W. Wengerd,…
The Amish are an exceptional people. All sorts of exceptions apply to them. They don’t participate in or receive the benefits of Social Security or Medicare. They set their own standards for education, which are…
Rebersburg, Pennsylvania – A 12-year-old Amish boy died in a farming accident Friday at approximately 2:40 p.m., according to state police at Rockview. The boy and another Amish male were transporting silage in a horse-drawn…
