Cattaraugus County, New York – The Swartzentruber Amish community in Cattaraugus County, New York are in danger of having their horse-drawn carriages run into the ditch by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s all-renewable-energy express train. That train… First Amendment Rights of Amish Take Center Stage In Battle Over Huge New York Wind Project
It was Father’s Day, and Linda Stoltzfoos was on her way home from church. She told friends she’d meet them at a youth meeting after she went back to her family’s Bird-in-Hand farm to change… One month later: Everything we know about the disappearance of Amish teen Linda Stoltzfoos
The former owner of a Pennsylvania creamery who ran a Ponzi scheme that preyed on members of the Amish and Mennonite communities was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for his crimes. Philip… Amish Country accountant gets prison time for running $60M Ponzi scheme
Every day on Ohio roadways, semitrailers, cars and trucks traveling more than 50 mph zip past horse-drawn buggies clip-clopping along at a 6-mph pace. Millions of drivers share the highways with over 76,000 Amish and… ODOT study: Northern county roads most dangerous for Amish buggies
A Paradise Township, Lancaster County, man has been charged with the kidnapping of Linda Stoltzfoos, an 18-year-old Amish woman who went missing after a church service near Bird-in-Hand on Father’s Day. She hasn’t been seen since. An arrest… Man arrested in kidnapping of still-missing Amish woman, 18; clothing matching hers found
A Carroll County ordinance requires new homes to be built with sprinkler systems, but the commissioners unanimously voted to make an exception for an Amish family’s home that will be without electricity. Commissioner Stephen Wantz,… For Amish family building home in Carroll County, commissioners make sprinkler exception
At about 12:30 p.m., on Sunday, June 21, Linda Stoltzfoos, a tall, slim 18-year-old Amish woman, left a church service at a home in Bird-in-Hand, east of Lancaster, Pa., and started walking home. And then, she vanished. None of the people… Missing Lancaster, Pa. Amish teen: ‘We have no answers.”
BIRD IN HAND, PA – The search for a missing 18-year-old Amish woman in Lancaster County continues today. Linda Stoltzfoos was last seen on Sunday at church. She never returned to her home on Beach… MISSING: Police looking for missing 18-year-old last seen in Bird in Hand
A Fillmore County District Court judge’s ruling that would require Fillmore County Amish men to install subsurface sewage treatment systems despite religious objections was upheld by the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Ammon Swartzentruber, Menno Mast,… Minnesota Court of Appeals upholds ruling in Amish gray-water case
LANCASTER, PA — In mid-March, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf ordered all Pennsylvania schools to close, prompting an abrupt shutdown of the state’s public and private schools – and, it turns out, Amish one-room schoolhouses. Local… Amish schools: ‘Distance learning’ involves paper and pencil
