Auburn Amish Men to be Put on Trial
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…
Man Sentenced to Jail for Driving Van Filled with Amish while High
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 Man Arrested for Child Molestation
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…
Trial Opens for Man Accused of Sexually Abusing Amish Boys
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…
Amish Family Plans to Stay in Home Despite Court Order
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…
Judge Orders Amish Family to Vacate Home
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…
Conservative Anabaptists Reject Fundamentalism
Nappanee, Indiana – Chester Weaver believes in fundamentals of Christianity such as the virgin birth, Christ’s bodily resurrection and the creation story. Fundamentalism, however, is another matter — and one at odds with Anabaptism, according…
Amish Girl, 3, Killed in House Fire
Butler Township, Michigan – A 3-year-old Amish girl was killed in a house fire west of Litchfield Wednesday. The fire broke out before 11 a.m. at a home in the 1100 block of Crandell Road…
Senate Panel Advances Bill for Amish Photo-less ID Cards
Indianapolis, Indiana – The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles could soon issue photo-less state identification cards under a proposal that an Indiana Senate committee passed Tuesday. The Homeland Security and Transportation Committee voted 8-0 to…
Beards Encouraged but not Required: Brethren Openness Draws Converts
Gettysburg, Ohio – They aren’t Amish, but even many of their neighbors in rural Darke County, Ohio misidentify the little-known Old Order German Baptist Brethren, or Petitioners — a nickname bestowed on the group when…