Amish Circle Letters
When was the last time you sat down with pen and paper and hand wrote a letter? The art of penmanship and scribbling down your thoughts in a journal or sending them on to someone…
Iowan Says Life Changed Radically Once He Left Amish Community
Los Angeles, California – It all started with a truck, says 22-year-old Levi Shetler. “When I was 15, I was fascinated with trucks – any vehicles, really. I thought they’d be really cool to drive.”…
Amish Outcast Has Mixed Feelings on Former Life
Jan Edwards has many fond memories from the more than a decade that her family spent living among the Amish in Guernsey County. She talks of weaving hats with friends and entering neighbors’ houses without…
Reported Wrong-way Vehicle Turns Out to be Amish Buggy on I-70 in Guernsey County
Middlebourne, Ohio – Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers with the Cambridge post made an odd discovery Thursday night while investigating a report of a wrong-way driver on Interstate 70 in eastern Guernsey County. Troopers discovered…
‘Auntie’ Anne Beiler Attributes Success to Giving, Finding Purpose at Ursinus Talk
Collegeville, Pennsylvania – Anne Beiler, the founder of Auntie Anne’s Pretzels, says she’s still a little Amish girl at heart. While speaking at Ursinus College’s Lenfest Theater Wednesday night, Beiler attributed her success in business…
Amish Man Gets Probation for 120 mph Police Chase in Dauphin County
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania — An Amish man who led state police on a chase that hit speeds of up to 120 mph through northern Dauphin County was sentenced to 2 years of probation after pleading guilty…
Attorney: Court Had No Authority to Force Amish Girl’s Cancer Treatments
Medina, Ohio – An attorney representing a Homer Township Amish family said there are constitutional protections that should prevent the state from appointing a guardian to oversee 11-year-old Sarah Hershberger’s medical care. Maurice Thompson, an…
American Experience Presents The Amish: Shunned
Rochester, New York – A poignant and penetrating look at what it means to be cut off from faith and family, The Amish: Shunned follows seven people who have chosen to leave their closed and…
Pursuing a Lifelong Dream with a Heart Full of Gratitude
My name is Lisa Yoder and I’m married with three children. I was the recipient of a scholarship from the Amish Descendant Scholarship Fund in 2013. I’m currently in my junior year of college, working…
Nickel Mines Amish Group Quietly Visits Newtown
Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania – Nearly three dozen residents from the Amish community of Nickel Mines, Penn., were in Newtown last Friday. The group spent about nine hours in town, offering support from an unfortunate point…