WEBSTER COUNTY, Mo.— A Missouri Amish man says he castrated himself, but deputies aren’t sure why or if he’s telling the truth. Deputies in Webster County found Jacob Schwartz lying in his bed and covered…
Expect no great rush of people converting to Anabaptist groups such as the Amish, Mennonite and Hutterite communities that in work, dress and communal life are separate in varying degrees from the larger culture. These…
OH — An appeals court has sided with a hospital that wants to force a 10-year-old Amish girl to resume chemotherapy after her parents decided to stop the treatments. The court ruled that a county…
OWEN SOUND, Ont. — An Owen Sound man charged with harassing members of the local Amish community became fascinated with them in 2008 and came to believe he had received “a commission from God to…
EATON, N.Y. — In a quiet corner of Madison County, you’ll find Bradley Brook Reservoir, the perfect, peaceful spot to drop a line and relax for awhile. The location is so perfect, it is apparently worth…
Newburg, PA — Laura and John, who has his own construction company, live with their boys – Aiden, 7; Thomas, 4; and Micah, 3 – in a spacious house in tiny Newburg, 150 miles west…
A central Pennsylvania man convicted of robbing and assaulting three elderly Mennonite sisters has been sentenced to 12 to 40 years in prison. The Lancaster County sentencing judge Thursday said 22-year-old Dereck Taylor Holt is…
MEDINA, Ohio — An Ohio hospital wants a court to give it limited guardianship over a 10-year-old Amish girl with leukemia whose parents decided to stop her chemotherapy. Akron Children’s Hospital plans to appeal a…
Wisconsin – It was nice to know that people in the Amish community also read “Across the Fence.” I find it interesting that as I write about the way life was lived when I grew…
Ohio — Approximately 200 Amish residents in Trumbull County gathered at the Mesopotamia fire station Monday evening for an open forum to discuss drug issues relating to heroin and methamphetamine. Then meeting was called at…
