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…
HONEY BROOK, PA – From tragedy comes community. That was the message this week after a fire destroyed an Amish dairy barn on the 1800 block of Beaver Dam Road early Wednesday morning. Less than 24…
What do you do if you’re Amish and you need to get somewhere faster and/or further than your horse and buggy can take you? You hire an Amish taxi service. According to a story in Philly.com.…
Anticipation is high for the TWA Hotel. Opening on May 15, the new hotel has transformed Eero Saarinen’s 1962 TWA Flight Center into a new lodging option for travelers passing through New York City’s John F. Kennedy…
