SOUTH AMERICA – The Amish branched out last year with new settlements in Bolivia, Argentina and Canada as their numbers continued to grow and a high percentage of young people opted to remain within the…
NAPPANEE, IN — It’s a place you may not expect to hear about substance abuse. But there’s a push to get the word out in the Amish community. “There is drug problems among the plain…
FEASTERVILLE, PA – Lee Kaplan was arrested at his home in Pennsylvania on Thursday morning after child welfare workers and police conducted a surprise visit based on an anonymous tip. They found girls between the ages of…
RICHMOND, IN – Amish communities from three Indiana counties met Monday night to talk about a common problem: heroin. Amish elder Ben Stoltzfus says the problem of opioid addiction hasn’t spared his otherwise isolated community.…
LANCASTER, Pa. — A Nottingham man will serve at least one month in prison for causing one of the most “bizarre” DUI crashes officials say they have ever seen. Thomas Candler Felts was convicted of…
BETHANY, MO.- The Missouri Attorney General’s office is helping with the prosecution of an Amish minister from Kentucky charged in his wife’s 2006 death in Missouri. Borntreger, of Summer Shade, Kentucky, is charged with first-degree…
KENTUCKY – Sam Girod, an Amish farmer from Kentucky, has been running his small business selling natural salves made from herbs such as chickweed (which seem to help relieve many skin conditions, including allergic rashes, psoriasis,…
PEOLI, OH – An Amish woman, who had spent four days fasting and praying in the woods of southern Tuscarawas County, was found safe Friday afternoon after searchers spent two days looking for her. Family…
Auburn, KY — Objections to a local ordinance requiring waste collection bags for large animals persist in Auburn, which has resulted in a glut of cases in the Logan County court system. Seven defendants, all members…
PENNSYLVANIA – This year, a Super PAC has already been established to stir up Amish support for Republican candidate Donald Trump, who is neck-and-neck with Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton in early polls in states like…
