NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — Ruth Miller, the Amish woman accused of multiple charges in the death of her 4-year-old son at Atwood Lake last month, appeared for her arraignment Monday in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court.…
TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, OH – The Amish mother accused of drowning her four-year-old son, was indicted by a Tuscarawas County Grand Jury. Ruth Miller, 40, was indicted on a total of seven counts: One count of…
While Louisiana is not known for having a large Amish population, Amish are present within the state, particularly in the southern region. While the Amish have been expanding southward and settling in new places, Louisiana presents unique…
TYRONE, PA – Multiple organizations are searching for a missing Amish man in the Sinking Valley area Friday. According to Pennsylvania State Police, that man is 38-year-old John Swarey who is described as being 5’5,…
MEADVILLE, PA – A jury convicted a 53-year-old truck driver Thursday of shooting to death a pregnant Amish woman inside her rural Pennsylvania home early last year. Shawn Christopher Cranston was charged a few weeks after Rebekah…
WASHINGTON COUNTY, KY — An EF-2 tornado tore through Washington County early Friday morning, killing one person and injuring 14 others. Among the hardest-hit was the Whitmore family, a local Amish family of 11, whose home…
A West Middlesex man incarcerated in Mercer County for reportedly holding up Amish buggies at gunpoint is facing new charges in Lawrence County for writing a bad check. Pulaski Township police filed charges last Wednesday…
POMEROY, OH — A Pomeroy courtroom was packed with members of Amish community as an unusually disturbing murder case advanced though Ohio’s court system. Samuel Hochstetler, 18, is accused of killing 28-year-old Rosanna Kinsinger, of Pomeroy. Hochstetler was…
For the towns along Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction through North Carolina, rebuilding homes and stores takes time. But thanks to an army of volunteers, rebuilding the sense of community in towns like Chimney Rock…
By the flicker of a candle or lantern, children gather textbooks and lunch pails for their morning journey down country roads to primitive schoolhouses. Ohio and Pennsylvania are home to 179,000 Amish, all of whom…
