HOUSTON – An author who wrote of her liberation from the Amish community has filed a civil lawsuit against a Seabrook man, whom she accuses of sexually assaulting her, court documents show. According to the lawsuit, the alleged assault took place…
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – An Amish couple with 13 children sued the federal government on Wednesday, accusing officials of violating their constitutional rights by insisting that they provide photographs of themselves before the Canadian wife’s request…
LANCASTER, PA – A new nonprofit, the Amish Heritage Foundation, will hold its first conference, Disrupting History: Reclaiming Our Amish Story, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at the end of September. Over two days, more than a dozen speakers…
An Amish man was killed and two other Amish were injured after their buggy was hit by a motorist, who then fled the scene and was later caught in a southern Minnesota farm field, authorities…
GLADWIN, MI – An Amish man accused of sexually assaulting three girls over more than a decade has accepted a plea deal rather than face a jury. Ora F. Troyer, 53, on Monday, Aug. 27, appeared…
SIDNEY – Steven E. Hunter, of Sidney, was sentenced Tuesday in Shelby County Common Pleas Court to a mandatory 17 years in prison for the death of Sarah Schwartz, 23, of Maplewood who was a…
DECATUR, IN – Two elderly northeastern Indiana Amish women have been sentenced to two years on probation and ordered not to practice midwifery or medicine after authorities learned they were acting as midwives without any certifications or…
KENT COUNTY, DE – The Division of Public Health is investigating an outbreak of whooping cough after discovering almost 100 people in Kent County’s Amish community have the contagious disease. Health officials said they began investigating…
When Emma Gingerich was 18 years old she ran away from her strict, German-speaking Amish community in Missouri, leaving behind her parents, 13 siblings, and a single note. The Amish are a strict traditionalist Christian…
In March 2017, three Amish families moved into Whitefield. Today, the population has quadrupled. The town is home to 13 Amish families, about 50 people in all, and another family is on its way. Though…
