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…
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…
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…
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…
GLADWIN, MI – An Amish man will spend more than a decade in prison for sexually assaulting three girls over a several years. Gladwin County Circuit Judge Thomas R. Evans on Monday, Oct. 15, sentenced 53-year-old…
The day after wrapping up the Amish Heritage Foundation’s inaugural conference, executive director Torah Bontrager posted a letter of gratitude on Facebook. She had “shot for the stars,” she explained, but never expected that the…
Ten years ago, Gregory McCallum sat reading on a Queensland beach with his wife, Bethany. A breeze stirred the she-oaks above, their five children played on the white sand, but Gregory suddenly started crying. …
MONTGOMERY, KY – Parking is at a premium at Dinky’s Auction Barn in eastern Daviess County. Cars and trucks from across the country mingle with horse trailers and buggies filling the lot. The annual Daviess…
BRANCH COUNTY, MI – The Branch County Farm Bureau wants its state organization to get involved in helping with a local issue that has found no help in Lansing – regulation of Amish buggies and…
Tom: The topic for today’s and next week’s program is the Amish and their religious beliefs. Our guest for this two-part series is Joe Keim, who grew up Amish and now is a leader in MAP, which…
