The Swartzentruber Amish are suing to overturn Ohio’s new traffic law that requires animal-drawn buggies to have yellow flashing lights, saying the law conflicts with the First Amendment protecting their religious expression. The Swartzentruber order, which… Flashing lights too flashy for some Amish. Old order challenges new Ohio buggy law

A $70,000 federal highway-safety grant has been awarded to the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Health Agency in an effort to reduce vehicle crashes with Amish buggies. The goal, according to terms of the grant, is to reduce… Grant Awarded to Help Reduce Amish Buggy Crashes

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA — About 100 miles north of Washington DC, at the nexus of quiet country roads, sits a network of bustling small businesses and community connections that helped deliver the swing state of Pennsylvania… How Trump won Pennsylvania’s Amish vote — with the help of missionaries and Elon Musk

On a recent weekday afternoon, an Amish man in a horse-drawn buggy navigated through a busy intersection of auto traffic in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County, past a billboard proclaiming: “Pray for God’s Mercy for Our Nation.”… Republicans seek votes among Pa. Amish, who rarely cast them

HARRISBURG — With only two weeks left until the presidential election, Amish communities are experiencing déjà vu. That is because efforts are higher than ever to encourage voting among a population that’s traditionally refrained from… Do Amish vote? That depends

Eleven members of an Amish family – including a 1-year-old – were hospitalized in Pennsylvania Friday night after ingesting wild, “toxic mushrooms,” local authorities said. A member of the family in southeastern Pennsylvania’s Peach Bottom… 11 in Amish family, including 1-year-old, hospitalized after eating ‘toxic mushrooms’

While they are not as common as regular vehicle crashes, when a horse-drawn buggy is hit by car, or when the horse is just spooked by one, the results are likely to be deadly. They… Police look to prevent more horse-drawn buggy crashes on New York roads

A 23-year-old survivor of the 2006 Pennsylvania school shooting that took place at an Amish schoolhouse has died, nearly 18 years after the shooting occurred. On Tuesday, Sept. 3, the family of Rosanna S. King… Rosanna King, Survivor of Deadly 2006 Amish Schoolhouse Shooting, Dies at 23

SAUK COUNTY, WI – Nine juveniles from the Reedsburg area have been cited for disorderly conduct related to multiple reports of harassing behavior toward members of the Amish community. The investigation is related to the Reedsburg… Sauk County Sheriff: Harassment of Amish led to Reedsburg football games canceled

Swartzentruber sect refuses flashing lights on buggies but won’t take the matter to court. For lawyers and students at Harvard, it’s a valid religious-freedom case. In bodycam footage from an April 2023 traffic stop in… Harvard Law School defends Amish