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…
Peaceful community, jobs draw American Muslims to Topeka
TOPEKA, IN – There is one stoplight in Topeka. It blinks red at the downtown crossroads, an indication that the 1,200 town residents are in no hurry to get from here to there. As Amish…
3 arrested in connection with burglaries from Amish homes, officials say
MADISON, WI – Three people were arrested Monday in connection with a string of burglaries affecting numerous Amish homes in Columbia and Marquette counties, according to a release. Grant G. Pulver, 21, of Portage, Alex…
Man charged with DWI after he tried to hit Amish buggy
FREWBURG, N.Y. – An intoxicated Frewsburg man who repeatedly tried to strike an Amish buggy and horse with his vehicle on Friday was arrested, New York State Police said. Ryan Fusco, 30, was charged with…
Trump Supporters Target Ohio Amish
AKRON, OH – Supporters of presidential candidate republican Donald Trump want you get out the vote in Ohio from a group not known for participating widely in elections. They’ve set up an Amish PAC, a political…
5 Facing Charges In Amish Buggy DUI Incident
INDIANA CO., PA — State police reported an underage DUI incident involving five Amish men last month in Indiana County. The four passengers, 20-year-old Andrew D. Coblentz, 18-year-old William W. Byler, 20-year-old Raymond E. Kurtz, and…
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…