Columbus, Ohio – A federal appeals court in Ohio has declined to hold a hearing by the full court on overturned hate crimes convictions involving beard- and hair-cutting attacks targeting Amish. The 6th U.S. Circuit…
Fillmmore County, Minnesota – An Amish couple from southeastern Minnesota will try next month to settle their zoning law dispute with Fillmore County. Ammon J. and Sarah J. Swartzentruber of Harmony have been cited for failing…
Salisbury Township, Pennsylvania – Police allege a Philadelphia trucker caused a crash last year in Salisbury Township that killed a young Amish woman. Levi F. Graham, 52, is charged with vehicular homicide regarding the Nov. 3,…
Third-world people groups aren’t the only ones that need God’s Word. As Hank and Ruth Hershberger of Wycliffe Bible Translators USA can attest, the Amish need Scripture, too. Hank says he became aware of this…
Lancaster, Pennsylvania – Calling the crime a “straight-up fraud,” a federal judge Wednesday sentenced a midstate man to 37 months in prison for a $1.65 million investment scam that targeted the Amish and Mennonite communities.…
Lower Chanceford Township – A fatal crash Monday afternoon in Lower Chanceford Township led to the deaths of four family members, officials with the York County coroner’s office announced. The crash killed Emmanuel Esh, 73,…
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania – Ironically, the first group convicted for religiously motivated violence under the U.S. Hate Crime Prevention Act was Amish. Or claimed to be. “This is a sad, sad bizarre story,” Amish scholar Donald…
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania – Police are investigating bizarre incidents reported at Amish homes in eastern Lancaster County. In at least two cases since late July, a man entered a home and touched young females as…
Strasburg, Pennsylvania – People in Amish communities do not drive cars. They drive horses and buggies. They do not use electric lights. They use gas lamps and candles. Even though they live in communities all…
Geauga County, Ohio – A teen who drove the car used to commit organized attacks on the Amish was sentenced Oct. 27 to 8 1/2 years in prison in Geauga County Common Pleas Court. Chase…
