The Amish, the ex-Amish and the Amish scholars gathered together for the Elizabethtown College Amish Conference on June 6-8 to discuss various aspects of Amish life, from religion to technology to healthcare. Gazing into the… Amish Conference at Elizabethtown College draws crowd of plain people and enthusiasts
GALEN NY — Two Amish were sent to jail and fined for the death of nine dogs in December. Town Justice Carol Heald sentenced Merlin Schmucker, 26, of 849 Burch Road, Galen, and Jonathan Eicher,… Amish men who killed dogs get jail time
Baraboo, Wisconsin — Less than a week after the jury acquitted him of three criminal charges, Eric Defort and Phillip Ferris, attorneys for the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ), move to have the judge revoke… Wisconsin Aims to Jail Amish Farmer
Lancaster, PA — When young people get to their late teens or early 20s, they must decide whether to remain in the church and adopt its austere rules, and the researchers found more traditional Amish… New research shows diversity among US Amish groups
The annual eighth-grade graduation took place Wednesday at Westview School Corp., and about half the graduating pupils were Amish. For most of these students, the graduation ceremony signals the end of their formal education, as… Most Amish students will conclude their Formal education at eighth grade
As the Amish population has grown more rapidly than other segments of Lancaster society, more and more Amish have had to find work off the farm. Even so, thousands maintain farms and are eager to… Aging farmers and the Amish
For many Amish teens, Rumspringa means hard partying, dating, cars — and Facebook. So much for “What happens in Rumspringa stays in Rumspringa.” Since kids on Rumspringa are determinedly social (they are looking for spouses,… Why Amish Teens Love Facebook
Kentucky — It’s been over 10 days since Auburn Police Chief Ron Mills cited an Amish buggy driver for not picking up his horse’s droppings. It looks as if the issue could end up in… Amish yet to pay for horse droppings violation
CLEVELAND — Amish imprisoned in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio have been granted a religious freedom exemption from a requirement to attend high school equivalency classes behind bars. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons… Imprisoned Ohio Amish exempted from requirement that they take high school equivalency classes
Sarah Borntreger didn’t have a traditional education. Growing up as one of more than 20 children in an Amish home, Borntreger said she attended first through eighth grade in a one-room schoolhouse. At age 18,… Former Amish woman succeeding in a new world
