Smicksburg, Pennsylvania – A coroner says a 21-year-old man was accidentally shot by his 12-year-old cousin in an Amish community in western Pennsylvania. Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. says the victim is Allen Troyer,…
St. Lawrence County, New York – St. Lawrence County legislators are one step closer to finalizing an agreement concerning Amish buggy safety. Members of the Amish community agreed to increase the amount of gray reflective tape…
Wilmington Township, Pennsylvania – Police in Pennsylvania have identified the two teenagers whose bodies were found in a creek along the county lines of Mercer and Lawrence Counties. According to the Pennsylvania State Police 15 -year-old John…
Elkhart, Indiana – An Amish family did something out of the ordinary by filing a lawsuit after a 2012 crash killed their infant son. In a statement made to the Elkhart Truth, Steve Nolt, a Goshen…
Often viewed as outcasts by mainstream society, the Amish may seem downright bizarre to the average American. Foregoing technological advancements that many of us would be lost without, the Amish have created a way of…
A large group of minors is being investigated after an alcohol-fueled, underage party was held in rural Livingston County, Mo., this past weekend. Around 100 underage minors reportedly gathered on a portion of secluded property…
An aggressive vaccination effort in response to the 2014 measles outbreak among North American Amish communities in Ohio significantly reduced the transmission of measles and the expected number of cases, according to a new study,…
A 19-year-old Geauga County man who targeted Amish people in several robberies had his eight-and-a-half-year prison sentence affirmed this week in the 11th District Court of Appeals. Chase Kontur appealed from the judgment of the…
New Auburn, Wisconsin – Richard A. Atkinson had a theory on why the green 2001 Ford Windstar he was driving ran into the back of a horse-drawn buggy, injuring two people on May 24 in New…
Sugarcreek, Ohio – Andy Yoder is a bona fide doctor. Seven years after graduating from Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana, he has completed medical school and his residency at Ohio State University, and is working as…
