Man Faces Charges in New Auburn Buggy Crash
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…
Long Road to a Dream: Raised on Amish Farm, Andy Yoder becomes a Doctor
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…
Increasing Tension over some Amish Beliefs as Communities Grow
Auburn, Kentucky – In this rural outpost near the border with Tennessee, Amish women park their horse-drawn buggies at the edge of town and walk in dragging wooden wagons behind them, returning with good stacked…
Amish Schools Find Ways to Serve Special-needs Children
Clark, Missouri – Maryann Yoder, 5, will join her sister Edna, 7, and other Amish children in a local one-room schoolhouse in a few years. But until then, speech therapist Anna Crusha provides a different…
Amish Woman Mistakenly Committed to Mental Hospital
Lancaster, Pennsylvania – It took three days, but Elma Byler, 66, was finally released from the Lancaster County Mental Health Facility after being mistakenly committed a few days earlier. Byler spent the last month telling her friends and family…
Lightning Strike Leads to Amish Man’s Death
Seymour, Missouri – A 30-year-old Amish man died Friday morning after a lightning strike hit his horses as he plowed a garden at his farm on Smith Road, about six miles northeast of Seymour. Samuel H.K.…
What can you learn from Amish parenting? Multitasking Moms and Dads
I’ve been fascinated by the Amish since my first trip to Holmes County, where my sister and I donned bonnets to play in a buggy, and my brother got a wooden rubber band gun. Every…
Man, 2 Horses Die after Lightning Strike in Missouri
Seymour, Missouri – A man has died after being struck by lightning in a southwest Missouri farm field. KYTV reports the 30-year-old Amish man died Friday morning along with two horses he was using to…
Amish Avoid Jail Time for Now
Russellville, Kentucky – Jail time was averted, at least for now, by an Amish father and son who refuse to pay fines for violating an Auburn city ordinance requiring owners to prevent waste from horses…
Amish Community Growing in Blanchard
Blanchard, Michigan – Horse drawn buggies clatter across the streets of Blanchard in increasing frequency. Shops are often patronized by customers dressed in homemade garments, reminiscent of the 1800s. As the Amish community continues to…