Two Hart County teenagers were arrested and a juvenile charged in a string of burglaries involving Amish schools and properties. The Hart County Sheriff’s Office said the complaints were made between Sept. 27-29 to the…
WALES — A dozen Amish families are moving onto a large farm off Leeds Junction Road, creating Maine’s fourth enclave of the simple-living, tradition-minded Christian sect. “It’s going to be great,” said neighbor Nancy Blaisdell,…
Two Indiana County volunteer firefighters have been jailed for allegedly setting fire to an Amish furniture store about 15 miles north of Indiana — one of a string of 11 suspicious fires in that region…
TikTok, a popular app which allows users to record themselves in short videos, is being utilized by a number of religious groups attempting to spread their message — most notably, the Amish, who are famously…
INDIANA – An Indiana man who authorities said leveraged his Amish heritage to lure unwitting investors into a scheme that duped them out of millions has been ordered to pay over $5.2 million in penalties and restitution. The Securities…
Rebecca Fisher never expected her first video on TikTok, a mobile-only video-sharing app, to go viral. “I wasn’t going to post anything (on the app), but then I saw (Pennsylvania) was trending,” the 14-year-old Amish…
INDIANA – A man who authorities said took advantage of his Amish heritage to recruit novice investors into a fraudulent scheme has been ordered to pay $5.2 million, most of it to his clients. Indiana resident Earl…
LANSING, MI — An oddity in a rural county’s car crash statistics prompted Michigan traffic experts to take a closer look at the dangers of cars and horse-drawn buggies sharing the road. The number of…
STRASBURG, PA – Over the past couple of years, Strasburg Township’s zoning office in Pennsylvania found itself fielding more and more requests from Amish people to house horses on residential lots. Most Amish in Lancaster…
Police in Ohio had a curious encounter with two Amish men over the weekend, pulling over their buggy to discover it had been rigged with a massive stereo system. Deputies stopped the buggy around 1 a.m. Sunday and found a 12-pack…
