Buggy License Fees Shoot Up
Fort Wayne, Indiana – It will cost almost double to buy an Allen County license plate for your horse-drawn vehicle. The Allen County commissioners on Friday voted to raise the annual licensing fee from $30…
Horse Bolts, Tramples 1-year-old NY Amish Girl
Palatine, New York – Authorities say a 1-year-old girl is expected to make a full recovery from injuries suffered when she was trampled by a horse on her Amish family’s farm in the Mohawk Valley.…
Amish Man Admits Accidentally Shooting Brother
Leon, New York – An Amish man accused of shooting his 8-year-old brother has pleaded guilty to fourth degree criminal possession of a weapon. Eli Wengerd, 20, accidentally shot the boy while playing with an…
Man Apologized to Amish Family for Causing Crash
Fort Wayne, Indiana – After a long legal battle, the Bluffton man who admitted he was texting and driving shortly before his van plowed into an Amish buggy, killing three people, has finally met the…
Man Charged In Amish Buggy Drive-By Shooting
East Lampeter Township, Pennsylvania – Police today announced charges have been filed against a Pennsylvania man in connection with the fatal drive-by shooting of a horse pulling an Amish buggy. Timothy Antonio Diggs, 22, is…
Amish Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Rape
Parkman Township, Ohio – An Amish man was sentenced Thursday to the minimum three years in prison for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Parkman Township after watching porn. Raymond F. Miller, 18, of Parkman…
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…