For fast-growing Amish, a changing life
MILLERSBURG, Ohio — For Jacob Beachy, life moves along much as it always has. Every day, there are the 35 cows that need tending, and 90 acres of farmland. His is the life of an…
Born Again – My Journey To Salvation
I grew up in an Old Order Amish setting where I still live, and I thought I had a fairly normal life. I am the oldest of eleven children, and I probably got more privileges…
Newtown could look to Amish, Bentzel for healing help
York PA — As those touched by the tragedy journey toward healing, they could look to our community in south-central Pennsylvania for help. The obvious place to start is in Nickel Mines, Lancaster County, where…
Suspect held in torture of three elderly Mennonite women
Lancaster PA — An intruder with a “rage” against the Mennonite religion invaded a rural Clay Township home and assaulted and tied up three elderly women on Friday, police said. The women, all between 84…
Amish Mafia is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
If anyone thinks that the Discovery Channel is about actual discovery of, say, science, history, space, or tech, as their Web site claims, think again. Or if you think that its sister company, The Learning…
An Amish bishop behind bars
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Sam Mullet, the renegade Amish bishop convicted on federal hate crime charges for his role in a series of beard-cutting attacks last year, has earned an unlikely nickname in prison. Among his…
Amish Man Sentenced For Fraud
In a two-day jury in October, Paul A. Graber, 46, was found guilty by a 12-member jury on two counts of fraud on a financial institution. In Kosciusko County Circuit Court today, approximately 20 members…
Jailed Amish can’t attend wedding: Five convicted in beard and hair-cutting attacks can’t leave jail
CLEVELAND — Defendants convicted in beard- and hair-cutting attacks on fellow Amish lost a bid Wednesday to leave jail to attend a family wedding after prosecutors argued they might flee or commit similar attacks while…
Man jailed for attempted robbery of Amish-owned store
A Kirkwood man will spend up to five years in prison for attempting to rob an Amish-owned grocery store last year — and leaving empty-handed. A female clerk at the Colerain Township store refused Matthew Larrabee’s…
Amish sect moving on
After a 15-year stay in northwestern Cambria County, the Swartzentruber Amish are moving on. We expect they will leave behind many friends they made in Barr and Blacklick townships. And hopefully they are taking with…