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…
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? 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Gallia County, Ohio – A man is behind bars, accused of robbing an Amish bakery and store. The robbery happened about 11:45 a.m. Friday at Hillside Variety Store on Deckard Road in Raccoon Township in…
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…
