Dekalb County looking at buggy tax
AUBURN, IN – Leaders in DeKalb County are looking at a buggy tax. WANE-TV reports that County Commissioners President William Hartman says they are talking about a new $250 tax on all horse-drawn buggies in the…
Amish Boy, 4, Dies Day After Brother’s Funeral Following Central PA Farm Tractor Rollover
Another member of a local Amish family has died following an accidental farm tractor rollover, authorities say. Jeffrey Ryan Fisher, 4, of Gordonville, died from multiple traumatic injuries on Tuesday, August 2, according to Dauphin County…
Homegrown library serves Amish in southern Tuscarawas County
PEOLI, OH — Renee Brown Parker has been a voracious reader since she was a child. She would read whatever she could get her hands on — books, cereal boxes, newspapers, anything. Now, as an adult, she…
Amish, Mennonite neighbors helping clean up after Montana flooding
BILLINGS – The Amish and Mennonite communities joined the cleanup following the floods that hit south-central Montana. They’re among the many groups that have come out to help their neighbors with a task that would…
Deadly horse and buggy crashes are increasing. Virginia has no plan to turn the trend around.
In December of 2019, the Yoder family was traveling east on Route 60 in Buckingham County when George M. Lee crashed his Chevrolet Silverado into their horse and buggy, killing mother Sylvia Yoder, throwing her husband from…
Holmes County man leaves Amish roots to become a doctor, then pens book with his daughter
If you can write a book with your father, Liz Miller highly recommends it. “It was a really fun experience to have that time together,” she said about helping her father, Dr. Albert Miller, write…
New law requires flashing lights on Amish buggies at all times
ASHLAND, OH — Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill earlier this week that requires Amish buggies and other animal-drawn vehicles to display a yellow flashing light while driving on public streets. Republican representatives Darrell Kick of Loudonville…
East Holmes School District partners with Pomerene Hospital for bike safety program
As Holmes County Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Joe Mullet said to the assembled fifth- through eighth-grade Amish students gathered at Chestnut Ridge Elementary School recently, you can be doing everything right while riding your bike on the road, but a…
Sexual Abuse Crisis in Amish Communities
Sexual abuse in Pennsylvania Amish communities has been rampant and underreported, according to recent reports, leading the state to consider new legislation that would require more education and prevention measures within the faith community. Although…
Even the Amish Are Having Supply-Chain Problems
With its furniture made by a couple of dozen rural American workshops and in-house craftsmen, Arcola, Ill., manufacturer Simply Amish would seem to be far removed from the global supply-chain strains that have hobbled most…