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…
With help of horses, Amish houses hit the road
ARTHUR, IL — That old house sitting behind him on wheels hitched to eight Belgian Amish horses? Yep, Ervin Yoder was born in it 80 years ago. His seven brothers and sisters were raised there, too.…
Man gets a year probation for crash that killed pregnant Amish woman
GLADWIN, MI — As long as he stays out of trouble for the next year, a Coleman man, Kevin D. Toner, 58, who crashed into a buggy, killing a pregnant Amish woman while he had…
No help for road damage from Amish buggies
LANSING, MI — The day that new paving went down on Southern Road — east of Fremont Road — last month, there were visible chips from hardened horseshoes from Amish buggies. The chips were clearly…
Amish-Mennonites plant outpost in Wyoming
WYOMING, KY – Forrest Mast’s Kentucky congregation felt a call to plant a church where there are few Mennonites. They found that place in Wyoming — home to about 100 conservative Anabaptists in a small handful…
Holmes County law enforcement raid large Amish party Saturday night
MILLERSBURG, OH – About 75 people — adults and juveniles — were arrested for underage consumption of alcohol late Saturday night and early Sunday morning when local law enforcement raided a massive field party along…