Middlefield Township Teen Gets Prison in Amish Attacks
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…
Horse and Buggy Crashes Decline but Still Deadly in Lancaster County, Penn.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania – Nothing says “Lancaster County” in Pennsylvania like the sight and sound of a lathered horse pulling a square, black buggy down the road. The county undoubtedly has more of the horse-powered…
Shooter who Killed Horse Pulling Amish Buggy Gets Prison
Lancaster, Pennsylvania – A Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty in a drive-by shooting that killed a horse pulling a buggy with an Amish family inside in Lancaster County has been sentenced to one to two…
Merlin Miller from ‘Amish Mafia’ Tries, Fails to Confront Gov. Tom Corbett Outside Lancaster Newspapers
Lancaster, Pennsylvania – Merlin Miller, the eccentric leader of the Ohio Amish community on TV’s “Amish Mafia,” appeared Friday at Lancaster Newspapers’ door in an attempt to collar the governor for a few private words.…
Police Investigating Suspicious Behavior at Amish Schools
Wilmington Township, Pennsylvania – An Amish school in northern Lawrence County was put on lockdown last week when a man behaving in an unusual manner trespassed into the schoolyard. State police said that a white…
After 2-year Fight, Amish School Opens
Algansee Township, Michigan – After two years of meetings, misunderstandings and legal wrangling, the Amish community in Algansee Township have opened a fourth school in the 500 block of Colvin Road. Monday night the township…
Raw Milk Cases Being Presented to State Supreme Court
New Holstein, Wisconsin – Though it has been decided that selling unpasteurized dairy products in Wisconsin is illegal, advocates for raw milk would like to know what the state’s Supreme Court has to say about…
Upstate New York Casino Plan Divides Amish And Neighbors
Tyre, New York – Ever since they settled in this tiny farm town along the New York State Thruway more than a decade ago, the Amish have been a benign, generally welcome presence: guiding their…
Couple Drives Amish Workers to Job
Cave City, Kentucky – Billy Minton often jokes with the Amish employees at Bi-Rite grocery in Cave City, with whom he’s developed a good rapport since he began driving them to and from work about…
So You Think You Want to Become Amish
Jumping the fence from the other side … I can’t tell you how many letters, phone calls and e-mails I receive from people inquiring about how they can become Amish. The number has to…