Amish man gets 25 years in wife’s death
BETHANY, MO — An Amish man who admitted to poisoning his wife to death 10 years ago was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday. Samuel Borntreger, 39, admitted to poisoning his former wife, Anna…
Caring for the Amish Children of Wisconsin
WISCONSIN – In 1989, in a cornfield in southeastern Pennsylvania, Holmes Morton, MD, built a timber-frame clinic to care for the area’s Old Order Amish and Mennonite children, many of whom had poorly understood, complex…
How cows and the Amish may help prevent asthma in children
INDIANA – A study published Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2015, explored reasons why asthma is so uncommon among Amish communities, where children play barefoot in dairy barns and farm fields. Experts have long recognized that exposure to…
Lewis County man facing sex abuse charge
CANTON, MO – A Lewis County man is facing a sex abuse charge for an alleged incident in 1997, according to the sheriff’s office. Henry Schwartz, 53, of Canton, was arrested Wednesday on a first-degree…
Police investigating claim horse was beaten by Amish man until it collapsed
PITTSBURGH, PA — Pennsylvania police are investigating a case of alleged animal cruelty after photos of the incident surfaced on Facebook. The woman who made the post claims the horse wasn’t able to pull a…
Quarryville couple, man they’re accused of ‘gifting’ daughter to, ordered to stand trial
LANCASTER, PA – Daniel Stoltzfus, 43, and his wife Savilla Stoltzfus, 42, both of 10 Locust Lane in Quarryville, are accused of providing their then 14-year-old daughter to Lee Kaplan as part of a 2012 agreement.…
14-year-old Amish girl ‘gifted’ to man 33 years her senior in exchange for financial help: court hears
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA –14-year-old Amish girl ‘gifted’ to man 33 years her senior in exchange for financial help: court hears “Fourteen,” the young woman responded when asked: How old was she when she began having…
Amish upbringing influences Shenango graduate
University Park, PA – Amish upbringing influences Shenango graduate Raised in an Amish community in Pennsylvania until the age of 23, Linda Byler, a 4.0 student who graduated from Penn State Shenango in December 2015, knew…
Father, 2 sons charged in sex assaults of 3 girls at Drumore Twp. home
DRUMORE, PA – Father, 2 sons charged in sex assaults of 3 girls at Drumore Twp. home Ephraim Zook and Daniel Zook are each accused of assaults involving one girl while Ivan Zook allegedly assaulted…
Amish on road maintenance: ‘Let’s do our share’
DECATUR, IN – More than 100 Amish men, many of them bishops in their church, along with a handful of members from the English community, attended a public informational session at the Berne Senior Center…