MONTCALM COUNTY, MI – A truck-vs-buggy crash that killed three children and injured six other members of a Mennonite family nine months ago has led to six misdemeanor charges against the truck driver. Brandon King,…
More than 100,000 equines enter the U.S. slaughter pipeline each year, snapped up at auctions or off of Craigslist by kill buyers who ship them to meat processing plants in Canada and Mexico. Many are…
GLADWIN COUNTY, MI – A Mid-Michigan man was arrested for several counts of criminal sexual conduct. Ora Troyer, 53, was arrested on Aug. 7. The Gladwin man allegedly had been committing acts of sexual assault and…
The Aug. 7 LNP article “Horse-drawn hazard” about horse and buggy accidents and the rules when passing a horse and buggy for Pennsylvania drivers was very informative. I have a young, soon-to-be driver and liked…
LANCASTER, PA – Driving through Lancaster County and other parts of rural Pennsylvania will provide views of cornfields, cows and barns as well as horse and buggies, which move at speeds around 10 miles per…
LANCASTER, PA – Lancaster County has the largest Amish population in the United States — a fact that brings lots of tourists, and also extra hazards on the roadway. From 2008 to 2017, state data…
I was born in western Pennsylvania in the small village of Atlantic. Ours was a typical Amish family. We attended church services every other Sunday, which was normal for most Amish. Some of my earliest…
She couldn’t even pull into the driveway. The conversation happened a decade ago, but Sharon Tyson, of Findlay, remembers it clearly. She had gratefully let a friend pick up her four children for a church…
COLON, MI — Anyone who has ever taken an Uber ride knows it’s convenient and very popular so one man in St. Joseph County has found a way to make ride sharing more scenic. Timothy Hochstedler…
HILLSDALE, MI – An Amish family in Camden is getting some help for two children with Muscular Dystrophy thanks to the Children’s Special Needs Funds from the State of Michigan. Personal Health and Disease Prevention…
