A local man accused of viciously beating a star of television series “Amish Mafia” was arrested Wednesday morning. Imir R. Williams had been a fugitive since Sunday, when Strasburg police charged him with felony aggravated…
Geauga County, Ohio – An Amish man has admitted sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Parkman Township. Raymond F. Miller, 18, of Parkman Township, pleaded guilty Monday in Geauga County Common Pleas Court to rape.…
Cleveland, Ohio – A 71-year-old man found guilty of harassing Amish women has been sentenced to three years probation which requires him to stay away from local members of the religion and out of the…
Ohio — The alarming saga of Andy and Anna Hershberger and their 10 year old daughter Sarah, who is now in complete remission from lymphoblastic lymphoma, an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, has taken yet…
Many people have misconceptions about the Amish and their way of life. While many people know that Amish are frugal, one of the biggest misconceptions due to this is that they maintain a way of…
Pennsylvania’s laws governing non-nurse midwives are so “murky and disjointed” that the safety of mothers and their newborn babies is at risk, a Lancaster County investigative grand jury is contending. In a report issued this…
COLUMBUS––The nationally covered trial of a group of Amish involved in a forced beard-cutting against other Amish members made an impression across the county, but some Ohio judges recently learned about complicated realities behind the…
SPENCERVILLE, IN – The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration (IOSHA) has handed down more than $4,000 in fines toward the Amish pallet factory Timberline Crating, located near Spencerville. This comes several months after a…
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — Among the flowers and plants in Marie Monville’s sunny yard sits a rosebush, a gift from her first husband, Charlie. A few years ago, Monville painstakingly unearthed the roots and transplanted the…
An Anabaptist publication says the television show “Amish Mafia” is a “bigoted attack on Amish identity” that shamelessly exploits recent tragedies including the Nickel Mines massacre to gain ratings. The publication, the Mennonite World Review,…
