Traditional Amish beliefs are butting heads with modern society in Eau Claire County, where county officials are meeting resistance by some of the county’s Amish residents to installing smoke detectors in their homes. One Amish…
GLADSTONE – A member of a Manitoba Old Order Mennonite community tells Global News that Child and Family Services took 42 children from their homes near Gladstone last week. “We are very distressed,” said a bearded man…
FAIRBANK, Iowa — A member of an Amish Community, William J. Yutzy, 30, of 33906 Hilton Road, Edgewood, formerly of 1370 Dillon Ave., Fairbank, pleaded guilty and was sentenced on one count of Sexual Abuse…
BALTIC, Ohio — In parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania where horse-drawn buggies clip-clop at the pace of a bygone era, Amish communities are debating a new temptation — the large cash royalties that can come…
CHATSWORTH, Ont.— Police have charged an Owen Sound, Ont., man after they say members of local Amish communities were followed around and harassed for more than a decade. Provincial police spokeswoman Alina Grelik alleges a…
LANCASTER, PA — An Amish-style horse and buggy were stolen from behind a Waffle House in Lancaster early Sunday morning. East Lampeter Township Police said the victim reported that his horse and buggy had been…
JEFFERSON COUNTY, N.Y. — A three-year-old boy is dead after he was crushed by heavy gates at an Amish farm in Jefferson County. Deputies say it happened Monday afternoon along Dog Hill Road in Orleans. According…
WAYNE COUNTY — The Wayne County Sheriff says that suspects have been passing counterfeit $100 bills in the Amish community. These bills look very genuine at first glance and will pass the “pen test” vendors often…
SPENCERVILLE, IN — An Amish pallet factory has been cited for a dozen child labor violations involving seven different children. The most serious violation the Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration (IOSHA) cited the factory near…
CANTON — An Amish couple is waiting to find out if child neglect charges against them will be dropped following a closed-door conference Thursday in Family Court. The couple, Annie L. and Levi M. Shetler,…
