A wrinkle in the recent tax overhaul might cause problems for the Amish, according to the Internal Revenue Service’s in-house public advocate. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act increased the child tax credit, but Nina…
MOUNT HOPE, OH – The horse-drawn buggy navigates the narrow, two-lane road so slowly that traffic backs up for nearly a hundred yards. Behind the carriage, cars filled with tourists and an 18-wheeler loaded with…
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Some people truck chickens down the road or move milk from state to state. Others lug fresh-cut lumber around. The Cisney family makes a living hauling Amish. “I already have a morning…
SEYMOUR, MO – A story that sounds like it is straight out of the wild west. A runaway horse and buggy running rampant in Seymour and leaving behind a trail of damage. It was around 11:30…
MONTGOMERY, IN – The old chestnut is that basketball is its own religion in Indiana, a church that welcomes Hoosiers into the temple on cold winter nights, celebrating raucous services in front of screaming parishioners. But there’s…
A series of events last Saturday in Seymour resembled a scene from the 1890s. Or maybe a movie about the Old West. At 11:28 a.m. that morning in the parking lot of the Price Cutter…
Let’s be brutally honest: This winter has been rough on the Midwest. And with more snow coming in the days ahead, there’s no relief in sight. While many have taken to social media to complain about the frigid weather,…
BERKS COUNTY, PA – On June 26, 1959, the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission dedicated a roadside plaque along Old Route U.S. 22 in Upper Bern Township, just a mile west of Shartlesville, commemorating the…
DAVIESS CO, IN – An alleged Ponzi scheme involving the Amish community is being called a “landmark” case of fraud—not for the dollar amounts, but because of the number of victims involved. The case, which began in 2015,…
BLOOMFIELD, IA — Just about everyone in the Heartland has seen the Amish community riding in buggies. Not being motor vehicles and having special wheels, the buggies require thick gravel roads. Crushed gravel eventually turns into…
