Pawnee City, Nebraska – A 57-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges related to a fatal collision with a horse-drawn buggy in southeast Nebraska. Online court records say Vivian Cockrell, of Pawnee City,…
Middlefield, Ohio – Sheriff’s deputies in Geauga County spent decades trying to form a better relationship with a segment of its community not known for its openness with law enforcement — a group who didn’t…
Gladwin and Clare Counties, Michigan – Michigan State Police troopers from the West Branch Post, along with Gladwin and Clare county sheriff’s deputies, are investigating several armed robberies of Amish buggies. The armed robberies and…
Lisbon, Ohio – The Columbiana County sheriff’s office broke up an Amish keg party in a wooded area off Myers Road Saturday night. According to sheriff’s reports, the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office had contacted the…
Chardon, Ohio – The Geauga County Sheriff’s Office has arrested four people in connection with a string of attacks against the Amish. Deputies said the masked men tried to rob two buggies along Bundysburg Road…
Years ago, state police reported that a tourist visiting Lancaster County had complained because Amish farmers working a field wouldn’t pose for photos. Apparently the tourist thought the Amish were akin to the costumed interpreters…
Buffalo, Wisconsin – One man is in Buffalo County Jail after admitting to a Sheriff’s Deputy that he smoked meth before driving a group of Amish passengers to Iowa. The Buffalo County Sheriff’s Department says…
Pepin County, Wisconsin – A Mondovi man pleaded no contest and was found guilty of two counts of 1st degree sexual assault of a child. 52-year-old Herman Nissley made the plea Monday in Pepin County…
Berlin, Ohio – When people drive through the rural communities of Holmes County, Ohio, they typically notice the farms, the Amish, the tourist shops, and the restaurants. But, there’s another cluster of activity that’s growing…
Columbus, Ohio – A statewide measles and mumps outbreak leads the governor to issue an executive order. Local pharmacists can now give the MMR vaccine to anyone 18 years or older without a prescription. An…
