NYC, NEW YORK – The Amish Heritage Foundation is holding its second annual conference in New York City this weekend, a year after its inaugural event at Franklin & Marshall College. This year’s conference takes place at Columbia…
FOUNTAIN CITY, IN – Wayne County commissioners on Wednesday stated their willingness to rescind a stop-work order issued by the county at the state’s request if doing so would allow an Amish family to complete…
HOLMES COUNTY, OH – In a misty rain and the dark of early morning, they came from across eastern Holmes County. On foot, on bicycles, in buggies, on horseback. A few of us arrived in…
ASHLAND, OH – A law enforcement official says he’s persuaded the bishops of an Ohio Amish sect to install blinking lights on buggies to make them more visible to motorists. The Ashland Times-Gazette reports Ashland County Chief…
LANSING, MI – A set of companion bills introduced in the Michigan House and Senate would require horse-drawn buggies to display lights while operating on the roads at night. Both bills were put forward by…
ASHLAND, OH – Ashland County’s “English” population has to share the road with Amish buggies. It can be dangerous for all vehicles when buggies and carts don’t use reflective tape or lights. Ashland County Sheriff’s…
CLEARFIELD COUNTY, PA – An Amish woman in Clearfield County was fined Tuesday and sentenced to probation for not protecting four of her daughters from being molested by her husband. Sarah Schmucker, 52, pleaded guilty in…
MILLERSBURG, OH — As a clocktower bell tolled on Tuesday from somewhere in this small downtown, its muffled sound entering the third-floor courtroom, Judge Robert Rinfret was counting. He was counting his own years of…
WEST FARMINGTON – Ora Hochstetler, 82, was drafted into the Army when he was 25. He was Amish, a pacifist faith, but answered the call anyway. When he came home, he was shunned. Hochstetler served in…
NICHOLVILLE, NY – An Amish family of five escaped a fire in Nicholville Wednesday night. It was a stubborn fire at 185 Water Road. It broke out not long after 11 p.m.. “We got called…
