Iron bars slammed shut with a clang in March 1958. It was the sound of the old order colliding with the new world. Horse-drawn buggies filled parking spaces outside Wayne County Juvenile Court in Wooster… Local history: Jailing of Amish couples was a clash of cultures in 1958

LOOGOOTEE, IN – Stanley Knepp hears it all the time from friends and acquaintances outside the Church. Questions about avoidance of technology, beard styles and the differences between Mennonites and the Amish. “If I don’t… The Knepps: Simply Believers

EDEN TOWNSHIP, PA – State police say a man pretending to be a police officer briefly detained an Amish buggy in Eden Township on March 4. The buggy driver told police a car pulled behind… Police impersonator stops Amish buggy in Eden Township

DOVER, DE – A Hartly man received two years in prison Thursday morning involving a fatal hit and run crash with an Amish buggy in western Kent County last year. Robert H. Eckeard, 29 years… Hartly man sentenced in fatal Amish buggy crash

Many people think of the Amish as living without. These devout communities, predominantly located in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, go without cars, TVs, computers, phones or even the electricity needed to run so much of 21st century gadgetry.… Amish People Stay Healthy in Old Age: Here’s Their Secret

TEXAS – It may not be in the headlines much any more, but months after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in August 2017, the area is still recovering, and Mennonites and Amish from all over the… Amish, Mennonites quietly rebuild Texas towns

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, OH – An Amish man hauling lumber on a horse-drawn trailer was killed Thursday, reports say. The accident occurred Thursday afternoon on Ohio 89 in Ashland County, the Mansfield News Journal reports. Meno L.… Ohio Amish man dies when horse-drawn trailer overturns

VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI – When it comes to horsepower, the Amish have a lot of it. Police are warning motorists, though, that they need the roads just as much as drivers do. “A lot… Authorities caution drivers in Michigan to watch for horse and buggies

SUGAR GROVE TOWNSHIP, PA – An eight-year conflict has left a Pennsylvania family struggling to practice their faith against a sewage ordinance in Sugar Grove Township, Pennsylvania. Joseph and Barbara Yoder, an Old Order Amish… PA Court flushes Amish free exercise claim after 8-year sewer battle

MADISON, WI – A new law authored by a pair of local lawmakers to ensure more safety on our roadways was passed by the State Assembly on Tuesday.       State Senator Jerry Petrowski (R-Marathon), and Representative John Spiros (R-Marshfield) worked… Animal-drawn vehicle safety measure passes State Assembly