The scene couldn’t have been more idyllic. Four women gathered around a large quilt, intently sewing and averting their eyes from curious gazes. Their plain, black dresses and hair covered in a cap identified them…
CLEVELAND — An Ohio man will plead guilty in federal court to defrauding fellow Amish in 29 states out of nearly $17 million as part of a case the man’s church had hoped to shield…
RIPLEY, N.Y. — A Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department patrol car collided with an Amish buggy as it was responding to a report of an underage party on Sunday at 7:15 p.m. The Amish buggies were…
PARKMAN OH — A three-year-old Amish girl was found unresponsive under a chicken coop that apparently fell on top of her and her sibling Wednesday afternoon. Lt. John Hiscox with the Geauga County Sheriff’s Department…
MANSFIELD OH — One teenager who recently left his Amish community to live and work in the city was killed and two others were hurt in a single-car wreck early Tuesday, according to the Mansfield…
New York state law enforcement officials say two Amish children are in critical condition after the horse-drawn buggy they were in was rear-ended by a package delivery driver. The auto accident was about 330 miles…
How do Americans deal with religious zealots? In the case of the Amish, many take bus tours through their compounds, buy their goods, take snapshots of their kids from afar and make a weekend trip…
PENN YAN — The Penn Yan man at fault in a July 19 crash that killed six Amish farmers, and brought hundreds of mourners to the town of Jasper, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — In a high tech world of iPads and smart phones, an old-fashioned Amish man showed that pen and paper remain effective communication devices.Jacob Gingerich wrote 138 simple, heart-felt letters to lawmakers in…
VIROQUA, Wis. — An Amish man serving time for sexually assaulting young members of his family is back in jail for allegedly sexually asasulting another child. 26-year-old Isaac Yoder of rural Hillsboro told his parole…
