The criminal complaint against the Amish bishop is clear about how he learned of a church member’s alleged sexual assault on three young teenage girls: “John G. Beiler confessed the sexual assault incidents to Bishop…
PEQUEA TOWNSHIP, PA — An Amish bishop was charged this week by Pennsylvania authorities with failing to report sexual abuse allegedly committed by one of his congregants. Levi Esh Sr., 63, of Pequea Township, was bishop…
Police in Northeast Ohio broke up a large gathering of Amish people over the weekend after a man spotted a group of buggies and called 911 to report a stay-at-home order violation. Just after midnight Sunday, the Geauga County Sherrif’s office made…
Underage drinking, disorderly conduct and breaking the Stay Home order in an Amish barn. The party took place in Huntsburg Township, Ohio. Huntsburg is home to a very large Amish population about an hour East…
MERCER COUNTY, PA – State Police say they broke up a drinking party involving eight Amish teens and one 20-year-old in Mercer County. Officers say they were called to an old railroad bed beneath Interstate…
WARREN, OH — When it comes down to love or the law, it seems the law will prevail. Inspectors from the Trumbull County Combined Health District reported more than 10 people attended a wedding reception…
On Thursday, The New York Times reported that an Amish community in Ohio is mobilizing to create medical supplies for local hospitals. “For centuries, the Amish community has been famously isolated from the hustle of the outside world,”…
Hospitals and clinics in cities across the U.S. have recently established drive-through testing for COVID-19. It’s the strategy that enabled countries like South Korea and Japan to test as many as one out of every…
BLOOMFIELD, IA – Back in mid-March, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds gave a directive that all Iowa schools close for a period of four weeks, a measure taken to help control the spread of the coronavirus that causes…
UNITY, ME – Most Wednesday mornings, the delicious smell of freshly made doughnuts entices crowds of people to the Amish-run Community Market in Unity. But as with so many facets of life in Maine, doughnut…
