Amish Family Thanks their ‘English’ Friends
Canton, Ohio – Gifts of money, food, building materials and other support from the entire community have been a godsend to an Amish family who are finishing a new home out of the ashes of…
Former Classmates Save Choking Amish Baby’s Life
Two former classmates who bumped into each other while shopping Friday believe they were there for a reason that day. Both women, who were trained in First Aid, were in the same aisle at the…
More than 1,800 Volunteers Clean up after Lancaster County Tornado
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…
Amish Hard Hit when Confirmed Tornado Rips through Community
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…
What Makes a Quilt Amish?
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…
Samuel Borntreger could Face Additional Charges of Child Abuse and Sexual Misconduct
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…
Amish Community in Shock after Family Horse Shot
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…
Mennonite, Amish Neighborhood Gets Special Treatment
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…
Genetic Disease is Ravaging Lancaster County’s Amish, and Helping to Change Medicine for All of Us
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…
Escaping the Amish for a Connected World
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…