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…
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…
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…
MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio — Mike Prorock slowly walked through an Amish cemetery nestled in an area of Middlefield where “Share the road” buggy signs outnumbered political placards last month. Clenched in his fist were small American…
Amish culture and breaking free, Part 1 PARKE COUNTY, Ind. (WTHI) – There’s a part of our Wabash Valley community that leaves many answers unsolved. That community; the Amish. Hundreds live among us, with several…
Part 1: Amish Breaking Free Gina Glaros PARKE COUNTY, Ind. (WTHI) – There’s a part of our Wabash Valley community that leaves many answers unsolved. That community; the Amish. Hundreds live among us, with…
If spanking has all the negative effects that these researchers say that it does, why is it that the Amish people and the conservative Mennonites (those OK with automobiles and electricity) who spank their children…
“…if he can help it, Emanuel doesn’t want want to go heaven by Highway 38. “They’ve come up on us around the curve and they’re up on us. You can hear the tires squeal sometimes,”…
Have you ever wondered how the Amish choose their spiritual leaders? First Peter 5:2 says that an elder should serve willingly, not by compulsion. This verse spurred me to ask a few more questions about…
BERGHOLZ, Ohio — Inside a one-room schoolhouse, Lizzie Mullet pulls her attention away from her students and focuses on the biggest issue facing them: their families. “We’re doing the best we can to keep our…
