Amish in the News

MAINE - According to the Maine DOT, Maine has seen more than 17,000 crashes so far in 2021 resulting in over 4,000 injuries. Last year, Maine saw 28,000 crashes with 6,700 injuries for the whole year. 2019 saw more than 8,000 injuries and over 35,000 crashes.

LINCOLN COUNTY, KY - A young boy is dead after a fire in Lincoln County.

Handmade quilts were back on the auction block this year during the Amish Community Auction held on Saturday in St. Ignatius to raise money to run the school house.

The Hartford Community Center was bustling with activity Friday evening as hundreds of people came out to the inaugural Amish school dinner and auction fundraiser. 

SMETHPORT, PA — Those who live in the northeast quarter of McKean County have likely noted there are more Amish families as evidenced by horse-drawn buggies on roads and Amish workmen repairing roofs and constructing buildings.

LAPEER, NY - Bang, bang, bang. The distant echo of hammers hitting wood traveled Tuesday afternoon from 350 Hunts Corners Road in Lapeer.

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA — You can take a break from modern forms of transportation and hop on one of Aaron and Jessica’s Buggy Rides.

MINNESOTA - Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court sent a case concerning a group of Minnesota Amish back to the state’s Court of Appeals.

The investigation continues into the crash involving a horse and buggy that injured two members of the Mennonite community, but their family says they simply want to raise awareness.

A community is rallying to support five family members who were seriously injured at an outdoor fire pit in the Ontario municipality of Bayham. 

MARSHFIELD, WI – Passing farm machinery in a no-passing zone has been against state law since 2014. Yet, Wisconsin’s rural roadways are still dangerous for the state’s farmers who share the road with motorists.

The Yale Law School Free Exercise Clinic co-authored an amici curiae brief in support of Amish plaintiffs’ challenge of a law compelling them to use modern septic systems for certain wastewater disposal in violation of their religious beliefs forgoing technology.

For decades, Hank Wiebe of Hillsboro has flipped pancakes during the annual Mennonite Relief Sale. He started out as a kid, helping his parents make Russian pancakes. Now, he is sharing the experience with his daughter Erin Hein and granddaughter Rylie Hein, 12.

CHARLOTTE, MI - When you pull up to the Charlotte Community Library, you may notice something new in the parking lot: buggy parking.

GREENFIELD, OH - The 14th annual Hillsboro Amish Community Consignment Auction, which will go to helping Amish schools, will be held July 9-10.

MINDEN, NY — An Amish barn, home and business were completely destroyed by a midday fire Wednesday that left a roughly seven-member family uninjured, although several horses and dogs perished in the western Montgomery County blaze.

A horse-drawn buggy was hit by a car on State Route 364 in Potter on Sunday, making it the second major accident involving a horse and buggy in the last ten months.

Jake Smucker's baseball card collection is worth tens of thousands of dollars, but the story behind his cards is priceless.

HARRISONBURG, VA - Eastern Mennonite School held its annual Community Service Day Friday.

If you think that the Amish and Mennonite communities get a free ride when it comes to paying taxes, think again. That’s a myth.

An 18-year-old in an Amish community was arrested for a DUI after crashing a horse drawn buggy.

ADAMS COUNTY, IN — Several Old Order Amish in Adams County are suing the county sewer district stating a violation of their First Amendment right to religious freedom.

WILMINGTON, PA – An 18-year-old was arrested on January 31 for DUI after crashing an Amish buggy in Lawrence County.

SPRINGS, PA - Firefighters from three departments responded to a house fire Tuesday evening in Springs.

An Amish community in Pennsylvania may have become the first group in the U.S. to achieve herd immunity, a local health official claims.

Visiting the dentist can be scary for so many but, for those in low-income areas of the United States, it can also be costly. So, to learn that many Amish remove their teeth willingly to essentially prevent multiple visits to the dentist isn't that surprising, even if it seems far too drastic of a solution to some.

The Christian Fellowship of Dunmore East, Co. Waterford is Ireland’s only Amish-Mennonite community.

The Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty and the National Committee for Amish Religious Freedom filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Amish gray water case.

Members of the Fillmore County Swartzentruber Amish community have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case on whether the government can force them to install a septic system for the disposal of bath, laundry and dish water on their rural Fillmore County farms when it conflicts with their religious beliefs.

SARASOTA, FL – An all-ages crowd jammed the Softball Showdown between the aging Amish All Stars and the Sarasota Seniors Wednesday morning, in what’s turning out to be an annual event at 17th Street Park. But winners and losers were apparently a secondary consideration as this convivial clash of cultures split their doubleheader.