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…
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…
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…
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…
Flemingsburg, Kentucky – An Amish teenager who ran away from her Fleming County family in February is returning home. Sheriff Gary Kinder said he received a phone call from the father of 16-year-old Clara Shetler…
Ritzville, Washngton – On a foggy morning, a woman in traditional black colonial dress darted from her home to the community mess hall, like a messenger with critically important news. Down the street, John Stahl…
Cleveland, Ohio – Eight members of an Amish sect received reduced prison sentences yesterday in the wake of a federal-court ruling in Ohio that they did not commit a hate crime when they cut off…
Clarion County, Pennsylvania – An Amish boy in central Pennsylvania was seriously hurt after he was hit by a car and thrown 30 feet when he ran a stop sign on his pony. The boy’s steed…
FLEMINGSBURG, KY | The father of an Amish teenager missing from Fleming County is asking for help locating his daughter. Sheriff Gary Kinder said 16-year-old Clara Shetler disappeared from her home in the Tilton area…
Cleveland, Ohio – A federal judge has indicated that he will likely allow eight of the 16 defendants in the Amish beard-cutting case already released from prison to remain free when he re-sentences the group…
