County eyes increase in buggy license fees
The Amish and others who drive horse-drawn buggies on Allen County roads could soon be paying more for the privilege. Hoping to recover some of the expense of maintaining and repairing roads damaged by the…
Man who severely beat Amish Mafia star arrested in Lancaster city
A local man accused of viciously beating a star of television series “Amish Mafia” was arrested Wednesday morning. Imir R. Williams had been a fugitive since Sunday, when Strasburg police charged him with felony aggravated…
Amish man pleads guilty in rape of girl, 14, in Parkman Township
Geauga County, Ohio – An Amish man has admitted sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Parkman Township. Raymond F. Miller, 18, of Parkman Township, pleaded guilty Monday in Geauga County Common Pleas Court to rape.…
Owen Sound man ordered to stay away from Amish
Cleveland, Ohio – A 71-year-old man found guilty of harassing Amish women has been sentenced to three years probation which requires him to stay away from local members of the religion and out of the…
Amish girl and parents flee United States to avoid court-mandated chemotherapy
Ohio — The alarming saga of Andy and Anna Hershberger and their 10 year old daughter Sarah, who is now in complete remission from lymphoblastic lymphoma, an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, has taken yet…
10 Amish Money Myths
Many people have misconceptions about the Amish and their way of life. While many people know that Amish are frugal, one of the biggest misconceptions due to this is that they maintain a way of…
Grand jury calls for tighter state regulation of midwives to protect home-birth mothers and babies
Pennsylvania’s laws governing non-nurse midwives are so “murky and disjointed” that the safety of mothers and their newborn babies is at risk, a Lancaster County investigative grand jury is contending. In a report issued this…
Ohio judges and magistrates learn about Amish
COLUMBUS––The nationally covered trial of a group of Amish involved in a forced beard-cutting against other Amish members made an impression across the county, but some Ohio judges recently learned about complicated realities behind the…
IOSHA fines Amish factory $4,000 for safety violations
SPENCERVILLE, IN – The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration (IOSHA) has handed down more than $4,000 in fines toward the Amish pallet factory Timberline Crating, located near Spencerville. This comes several months after a…
From grief to grace: Wife of Amish schoolhouse shooter breaks her silence
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — Among the flowers and plants in Marie Monville’s sunny yard sits a rosebush, a gift from her first husband, Charlie. A few years ago, Monville painstakingly unearthed the roots and transplanted the…