Donations flood in for family of buggy crash victims
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, MO — A small cross with flowers sits on the side of Highway OO in Fredericktown. It was not there as of Thursday afternoon. That’s because of the tragedy that stung St.…
The Amish Go to Court
A Moultrie County judge last week awarded guardianship of an elderly Amish woman to the woman’s daughter, capping a fight that has spilled from the insular world of the Amish to the civil court system.…
Amish Mennonite Charity Puts Two Top Officials on ‘Leave’ for Allowing Serial Child Rapist to Return to Haiti
BERLIN, OH — The board of directors of an Amish Mennonite-run charity rocked by revelations that one of its workers sexually abused dozens of boys in Haiti has now placed two of its top officials —…
Amish Man Accused of Indecent Assault is Staying in Jail
An attorney for Wallace J. Schmucker, 55, of Punxsutawney filed a motion to modify his bail to allow him to be released and return to a treatment facility. Schmucker was charged in March with two…
Watch an Amish crew taking down a Clarksville building brick by brick
CLARKSVILLE, TN – A crew of Amish workers has been hammering and chiseling atop a downtown Clarksville building for the past week, taking apart the 140-year-old Hodgson/Dabbs building by hand. On Tuesday, after a week of operations…
Court date for man in Amish buggy deaths delayed
COLDWATER, MI – The Branch County District Court preliminary examination for an Angola, Indiana man who is facing charges in connection with the deaths of three children in a June 7, 2019 Algansee Township traffic…
Amish carpenters build North Stonington pavilion in less than six hours
North Stonington, CT — Having arrived at 6:30 a.m. after an hours-long drive from central Pennsylvania, five Amish carpenters constructed a pavilion at Hewitt Farm in less than six hours Monday, piecing together pre-cut and…
Amish men in gray water case want new trial
PRESTON, MN — Four members of the Amish community in Fillmore County have asked a judge to amend his April ruling or grant them a new trial in the years-long struggle over residential wastewater disposal…
As Amish leave farms for neighborhoods, they need permission to bring horses
Amos and Elizabeth Lapp, an older Amish couple looking to move off the farm, eyed a cozy, two-bedroom house for sale. It was in the middle of a quiet street of little houses close to…
New York measles: What to know about Amish, Mennonites and religious exemption repeal
The Amish and Mennonite communities will have to prepare for an arduous push to implement a new law ending religious exemptions for school vaccinations in New York. The mobilization comes after state lawmakers passed the vaccination mandate in response…