Lancaster, Pennsylvania – Days after a tornado hit the Eby family’s Lancaster County farm, the extent of the devastation finally sunk in. “At first we were just so happy with all of the support we… More than 1,800 Volunteers Clean up after Lancaster County Tornado
Gap, Pennsylvania – More than 100 Amish were gathered in a barn on Seldomridge Road here Wednesday when the winds suddenly and violently kicked up. Beth Engel, pastor of the nearby Pequea Presbyterian Church, also… Amish Hard Hit when Confirmed Tornado Rips through Community
What makes a quilt Amish? Does it have to be “quilted by a group of Amish women sitting around the frame in their sitting room?” Or does it have to have an Amish pattern, like… What Makes a Quilt Amish?
Testimony in a bond hearing Wednesday revealed an ongoing criminal investigation against an Amish man charged with poisoning his own wife. Samuel Borntreger appeared in a Harrison County courtroom Wednesday on a charge of first-degree… Samuel Borntreger could Face Additional Charges of Child Abuse and Sexual Misconduct
LaGrange, Indiana – One Amish family in LaGrange County is still in shock after their horse was shot in a drive-by shooting Wednesday morning. So far, neither the police nor the family knows who did… Amish Community in Shock after Family Horse Shot
Sarasota, Florida – Sarasota County commissioners on Wednesday approved a master plan to preserve and protect the Pinecraft neighborhood, a historic Amish and Mennonite community struggling to maintain its lifestyle amid the steady encroachment of… Mennonite, Amish Neighborhood Gets Special Treatment
Strasburg, Pennsylvania – Soon after birth, Daniel and Rebecca Stoltzfus’s first child fell ill. Fearing pneumonia, her parents rushed her to a hospital where she later died. Testing revealed Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), a rare… Genetic Disease is Ravaging Lancaster County’s Amish, and Helping to Change Medicine for All of Us
When Emma Gingerich left her Amish community in Eagleville, Missouri, she was 18 and had an eighth-grade education. She barely spoke English. The life that awaited most Amish women—one of cooking, cleaning, and child-rearing—never appealed… Escaping the Amish for a Connected World
Chet Beiler is worried about the direction of the country. The Lancaster County Republican is concerned that leaders in Washington are bankrupting America by shrinking the economic opportunity of its people and failing to keep… Lancaster County Republican Chet Beiler Seeks Nomination for 16th District Seat in Congress
Visitors to my neighborhood in central Maine are often startled by the presence of Amish people. Locals, though, are accustomed to the yellow road signs with black silhouettes of horse-drawn buggies, tracks of bicycle tires… 6 Off-Grid Lessons From Amish Life We All Should Learn
