WATERLOO – Gene Raffensperger stood next to the big yellow school bus in front of a country school and watched as Amish schoolchildren came out of the school. They were crying as their mothers embraced… Preview set for documentary on famous 1965 ‘Amish Incident’
It was supposed to be a new start when Misty Griffin – just shy of 19 – went to live with the strict Amish community. After an isolated childhood on a remote mountain farm –… Going to the police was the hardest thing: Amish woman sexually assaulted by her bishop fled the strict community
A campaign rally with Vice President Mike Pence in central Ohio on Wednesday included two unlikely voters, farmers Levi Miller and Ben Hostetler, who are part of a determined effort by Trump supporters and the Republican Party to get members of the… Amish outreach: GOP, Trump supporters energize untapped conservative constituency
LAWRENCEBURG, TN – A surge in crashes with Amish buggies in Lawrence County has the Tennessee Highway Patrol sending out a serious warning for drivers. There aren’t many places where the sounds of fast-moving cars… THP Lawrenceburg sounds the alarm after surge in Amish buggy crashes
LANCASTER, PA – I live in Lancaster County, Pa., home to one of the largest Old Order Amish communities in the world. My work brings me into regular contact with the Amish. I have come… What Amish have to teach us
One of the highlights of the recent 2018 Annual Council was Andy Weaver’s incredible testimony shared with World Church delegates on Monday, October 15. Andy Weaver and his wife Naomi were born and raised in… Amish Adventists plant seeds of hope at West Salem Mission
VERMONT – Vermont Digger reports that 10 Amish families have moved to Vermont’s quaint and pastoral Northeast Kingdom over the last two years. The paper says the families are “loosely related” and have come from Ohio… Amish Families Settle In Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom
BIG RAPIDS, MI – Mental illness: that’s what the family of a former law enforcement officer says was the motive for murdering a dad of seven. The fatal shooting happened outside of Moe-Z-Inn bar in… Former officer charged in Mecosta Co. homicide
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker is hustling down a dizzying spiral staircase in the United States Capitol. He’s cutting through the cavernous basement hallways and around security guards, up more stairs and down… Meet Lloyd Smucker: America’s first Amish-born congressman seeking a second term on tax cuts and conservative record
SULLIVAN TOWNSHIP, OH – A West Salem man has been charged with a felony count of aggravated vehicular assault in connection with an Amish buggy crash that injured seven people, the Ashland County prosecutor announced Wednesday. The… Driver in Ashland County buggy crash charged with aggravated vehicular assault
