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…
ASHLAND, OH – The roads in northern Ashland County are a real mess because they are littered with more and more horse feces! The feces adhere all over the underside of one’s car and promote…
MONTCALM COUNTY, MI – A truck-vs-buggy crash that killed three children and injured six other members of a Mennonite family nine months ago has led to six misdemeanor charges against the truck driver. Brandon King,…
More than 100,000 equines enter the U.S. slaughter pipeline each year, snapped up at auctions or off of Craigslist by kill buyers who ship them to meat processing plants in Canada and Mexico. Many are…
GLADWIN COUNTY, MI – A Mid-Michigan man was arrested for several counts of criminal sexual conduct. Ora Troyer, 53, was arrested on Aug. 7. The Gladwin man allegedly had been committing acts of sexual assault and…
The Aug. 7 LNP article “Horse-drawn hazard” about horse and buggy accidents and the rules when passing a horse and buggy for Pennsylvania drivers was very informative. I have a young, soon-to-be driver and liked…
LANCASTER, PA – Lancaster County has the largest Amish population in the United States — a fact that brings lots of tourists, and also extra hazards on the roadway. From 2008 to 2017, state data…
LANCASTER, PA – Driving through Lancaster County and other parts of rural Pennsylvania will provide views of cornfields, cows and barns as well as horse and buggies, which move at speeds around 10 miles per…
