Amish in the News

SUMMIT TOWNSHIP, PA - An Amish machine shop was destroyed by fire Monday night in Summit Township.

ASHLAND COUNTY, OH - A 46-year-old Amish man died Wednesday morning after falling 18 feet in a Sullivan Township barn, according to authorities. 

SHELBY COUNTY, OH - The legal battle between an Amish community and Shelby County came to an end Wednesday night.

In Daville, Ohio, a large crowd of Amish people wanted to move their barn to a new location on their property. Together, over 230 people picked up the barn and moved it across the field.

Let’s clear our minds of snow, closed interstates, raging creeks and rewind to a simpler time — a time that still exists. It’s pocketed in sleepy east central Ohio, where the land sways like gentle waves on the sea.

AUGUSTA, ME — Lawmakers are considering requiring horse-drawn buggies to display reflectors or lights at night in response to safety concerns on the rural, winding roads surrounding Maine’s growing number of Amish communities.

A new store is coming to the Logan Valley Mall. "The Amish Store" is filling the vacant spot where "Things Remembered" was.

HARRISONBURG, VA - Old Order Mennonites dress plain, rely on horse and buggies for transportation and, for the most part, don’t want their picture taken.

A wrinkle in the recent tax overhaul might cause problems for the Amish, according to the Internal Revenue Service’s in-house public advocate.

MOUNT HOPE, OH – The horse-drawn buggy navigates the narrow, two-lane road so slowly that traffic backs up for nearly a hundred yards. 

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Some people truck chickens down the road or move milk from state to state. Others lug fresh-cut lumber around.

A runaway horse and buggy running rampant in Seymour and leaving behind a trail of damage.

MONTGOMERY, IN - The old chestnut is that basketball is its own religion in Indiana, a church that welcomes Hoosiers into the temple on cold winter nights, celebrating raucous services in front of screaming parishioners.

A series of events last Saturday in Seymour resembled a scene from the 1890s.

Jennifer Staggemeyer of Waukon, riding in the passenger seat Feb. 17 on the drive home from visiting the Twin Cities, managed to get her phone up just in time to record a short clip of an Amish Iowa man skiing alongside the road, pulled by a horse and buggy that seemingly had no driver.

BERKS COUNTY, PA - On June 26, 1959, the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission dedicated a roadside plaque along Old Route U.S. 22 in Upper Bern Township, just a mile west of Shartlesville, commemorating the Northkill Amish congregation that was established there in 1740.

DAVIESS CO, IN - An alleged Ponzi scheme involving the Amish community is being called a “landmark” case of fraud—not for the dollar amounts, but because of the number of victims involved.

HONEY BROOK, PA - That was the message this week after a fire destroyed an Amish dairy barn on the 1800 block of Beaver Dam Road early Wednesday morning.

BLOOMFIELD, IA — Just about everyone in the Heartland has seen the Amish community riding in buggies.

What do you do if you’re Amish and you need to get somewhere faster and/or further than your horse and buggy can take you? You hire an Amish taxi service.

Anticipation is high for the TWA Hotel. Opening on May 15, the new hotel has transformed Eero Saarinen’s 1962 TWA Flight Center into a new lodging option for travelers passing through New York City’s John F. Kennedy Airport.

LEESBURG, VA - This N' That Amish Outlet has multiple locations in Northern Virginia. Its Leesburg location helped a non-profit that needed to house its horses.

Two of the most traditional Anabaptist groups — Old Order Amish and Old Col­ony Mennonites — were only vaguely aware of each other 24 years ago.

OTTUMWA, IA — A trial date has been set for a Heartland man facing drug trafficking charges.

SULLIVAN, IL — One man died and a woman was injured in a house explosion that occurred Friday night northeast of Sullivan, along County Road 1700N west of Jonathan Creek Road.

WEST MAHONING TOWNSHIP — The temperature hovered near single digits Friday evening as firefighters rushed to extinguish a fire that engulfed a local furniture shop between Smicksburg and Trade City.

DAVIESS COUNTY, MO — Two amish brothers from southeast Iowa are charged with multiple sex crimes in northern Missouri.

NEW YORK - In what is being billed as a toast to American craftsmanship, two Amish-owned firms in Ohio beat out competitors from three Asian countries to win the contract for the TWA Hotel. Opening in Spring 2019, it will feature custom-built millwork proudly crafted in the U.S.A. by expert Amish woodworkers.

WILLSBORO, NY - Horse-drawn buggies have become a familiar sight on roads in the Boquet Valley as the Amish relocate to the area.

As you drive through Elkhart County you probably see a lot of horse and buggies alongside the roads.