Year after Amish deaths, safety still an issue
WOOD COUNTY, WI – It’s been a year since a pickup crashed into a horse-drawn wagon in Wood County, killing a father and son near their home and illustrating the dangers for non-motorized traffic on…
‘Party Pope’ Who Threw Massive Amish Underage Drinking Party Will Not Be Charged
HOLMES COUNTY, OH – The owner of a farm where a massive Amish drinking party was held in September will not be charged criminally for taking part in the event, or for charging admission to…
Baby left on Amish family porch 40 years ago seeks relatives
LANCASTER, PA – Forty years ago, a widowed Amish woman and her daughter watched from their window late one night as someone in dark clothing walked up to their farmhouse near Gordonville, Lancaster County, and…
Amish still a welcoming Missouri community
CLARK, MO – This past weekend my husband and I visited the Amish community in Clark. If you never have driven around this charming area, it’s a lot like stepping back in time. In 1953,…
Amish fight law mandating horse poop bags
AUBURN, KY – Amish residents of a western Kentucky town are fighting back against an ordinance requiring large animals to wear collection bags to catch their droppings, arguing that the law unfairly singles out their…
Armed Robbers Strike in St. Lawrence County
LAWRENCE COUNTY, NY – A man wielding a pistol and a woman brandishing a knife forced an Amish man to open his safe late Saturday night. The man pushed his pistol into the chest…
Feasterville man who ‘gifted’ Amish girl charged Monday with sexually assaulting five of her sisters
FEASTERVILLE, PA – Lee Kaplan, the Feasterville man already facing charges for allegedly having sex with an underage Amish girl and fathering her two children was charged with additional rape counts Monday involving five of the…
Update on Amish buggy on I-69
COLDWATER, MI — There has been public outrage that the couple who took an Amish horse and buggy the wrong way down I-69 Sept. 17 were not charged with drunken driving. Michigan law does not…
Former Ontario farmers creating Amish paradise on Prince Edward Island
MONTAGUE, P.E.I. – Home Hardware owner Mark Beck says they’ve been busy supplying new customers with lumber, hardware, and paint. They’ve even started stocking a specific model of straw hat. About 14 pioneer Amish families…
Donald Trump’s Amish Outreach Efforts Are Having Shocking Effects
OHIO/PENNSYLVANIA – The Republican Party has been reaching out to the Amish for a number of election cycles, but saw their first real positive gains in 2012. With religious liberty—and a candidate who has made a…