Cleveland, Ohio – The resentencings of Amish people convicted in beard- and hair-cutting attacks on fellow members of their faith in Ohio should not result in significant decreases in their prison terms, assistant U.S. attorneys are…
Old Washington, Ohio – The State Highway Patrol is investigating an accident involving three Amish Buggies that took place on Sunday night alongside I-70. Troopers say a 17-year-old man was seriously injured as a result…
Cleveland, Ohio – The leader of a breakaway Amish group in Ohio whose hate crime convictions for beard- and hair-cutting attacks were overturned wants a federal judge to release him from prison when he’s resentenced next…
Driving the pony cart along a Reno County road, Galen Yoder was headed to school with two rosy-cheeked, white-capped young girls by his side. Galen, 14, and his two sisters Megan, 12, and Deanna,…
West Middlesex, Pennsylvania – A criminal complaint filed Friday against a Lawrence County man stems from an October incident when he tried to call out to children on a playground from a nearby outhouse. Lucas Avery…
Pinecraft, Florida – It’s a weekday at 2 p.m. Though definitely past the peak lunch hour, there’s still a line of customers waiting to be seated at Yoder’s Restaurant. It’s an eclectic collection of patrons…
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania – A Lancaster County man will face trial for allegedly touching an Amish teenager and woman while they slept during two separate burglaries. Justin Schwanke, a Goodville parolee who has a prior burglary…
Pinecraft, Florida – Not only is the Suncoast a haven for snowbirds, but also a group of people who come from Holmes County, Ohio and Lancaster, Pennsylvania — the Amish and Mennonites. The Pinecraft community, located off of Bahia…
Marion, Ohio – Since she was 9 years old, Emma Lister had helped her mother, Sarah Schwartz, bake cookies, pies and breads in the kitchen of their home near Lancaster. Her father, Levi Schwartz, then would…
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania – “Amish Mafia” notwithstanding, the man responsible for what many around the world know of the Amish is Donald Kraybill. Now the widely known Plain Sect researcher is retiring. Kraybill is teaching his last…
