A young woman, wearing a traditional full-length Amish dress and white bonnet, stepped away from a farmer’s market, opened her palm and revealed a smartphone. She began to scroll through screens, seemingly oblivious to the…
Dauphin County, PA – An Amish bishop pleaded guilty in Dauphin County court last week to a charge of failure to report child abuse. Christ M. Stoltzfus, 70, of Elizabethville, entered the plea Thursday before…
REXFORD, MT – Andy Yoder believes there are lessons to be learned from the ashes that were once his home. Someday soon — before anyone has a chance to begin cleaning up the charred trees,…
Auburn, KY – An Amish man stood trial Wednesday for violating an animal ordinance in the city of Auburn. John Mast was tried by a jury in District Court on four counts. The ordinance requires all…
CARTER COUNTY, KY – Kentucky State Police troopers in Ashland arrested a Carter County man on multiple charges involving the sexual abuse of a child. According to a release, Levi Hershberger, 39, of Olive Hill,…
REXFORD, MT – The wildfire that ran roughshod through West Kootenai west of Eureka on Saturday evening wreaked havoc on Montana’s oldest Amish community. “Everyone’s kind of in shock. We’re just kind of dazing around…
Andy Weaver had always loved his quaint Amish community in West Salem, Ohio, United States. He treasured the joys of simple life and the natural rewards of hard work and communal living. It was his…
OSWEGATCHIE, NY – Two Amish men were charged with third-degree criminal mischief, a class E felony, by St. Lawrence County sheriff’s deputies Monday, Aug. 28. A press release from the sheriff’s office said the Amos…
MORRISTOWN, NY – A second drowning victim pulled from the murky waters of Black Lake near Edwardsville about 8:30 a.m. Friday has been identified as 47-year-old Menno L. Glick of Hammond, according to the St.…
Terri Roberts, the mother of Nickel Mines shooter Charles Carl Roberts IV, died Saturday after a battle with cancer. Roberts, 66, was under the care of Hospice & Community Care when she died, according to…
