It has been my privilege in recent years to become friends with several members of the Amish community in the southeastern corner of our state. One afternoon earlier this month, I visited three Amish friends.…
In the first half of the 20th century, there were only a few thousand Amish in North America, and scholars were predicting their demise, Professor Donald Kraybill told his audience Monday evening. Fast forward to…
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – A young Amish girl was flown to the hospital after she was shot with a shotgun this afternoon. It happened at a farm in Lackawannock Township in Mercer County. Police say the…
Holmes County, Ohio – An I-Team analysis of Ohio school vaccination data found that the schools with the highest rates of unvaccinated children tend to be in the Amish community, especially in Holmes County. But…
Auburn, Kentucky – Two Amish men are heading to trial on May 6 over horse manure. Amos Mast and his son Dan appeared in a Logan County District Court today for a pre-trial conference, and both…
Bluff Siding, Wisconsin – A Minnesota man accused of getting high while driving a van full of Amish passengers to Iowa has pleaded guilty to fifth-offense felony operating with restricted controlled substance. Trenton A. Anderson,…
Carroll County, Missouri – A Carroll County resident has been taken into custody on 3 felony charges. According to court records, Leander Gingerich, 26, of Bogard, was arrested Wednesday after a warrant was served for…
Fonda, New York – The trial of a St. Johnsville man accused of sexually abusing six Amish boys from two western Montgomery County families over several years opened Tuesday in Montgomery County Court. Montgomery County…
Fairchild, Wisconsin – Amos Borntreger has no plans to leave the house he built for his wife and five children in rural Fairchild despite a court order to vacate the property. “I guess we’ll take…
Fairchild, Wisconsin – A ruling Monday that an Amish couple and their four young children have to vacate their rural Fairchild home “immediately” for failing to obtain the proper sanitary and building permits may have a…
