Amish in the News

EASTON — Two stands at the Amish Country Farmers Market in Easton have been shut down by the Talbot County Health Department.

Old Order Mennonite schools and churches that fall in the regions of Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) have been ordered to close amid rising numbers of COVID-19

DOTHAN, AL - If you ride through Jackson county, you’ll still see some downed trees and damaged roofs caused by Hurricane Michael.

MECHANICSVILLE, MD - Amish Wedding season is upon us and that means it's important for drivers to keep an eye out for buggies, especially late at night.

According to the last census there are around 344,670 Amish people currently living in the United States – a number which has steadily been rising with the population doubling during the past two decades.

WINNIPEG, CANADA - A high school in Winnipeg is offering free meals to its community to thank them for their support.

Two ordinances relating to road maintenance and safety in regards to Amish horse-drawn buggies passed the Lawrence County Council Tuesday night, paving the way for those in the plain communities to begin paying what is being referred to as a “buggy tax” to offset the damage the carriages cause on county roads.

An Amish bishop has entered a probation program to resolve criminal charges that he failed to report suspected sexual abuse in what is apparently the first such case of its kind in Lancaster County.

MARSHFIELD, MO - A Webster County judge Thursday sent two Amish brothers for prison for violating terms of their probation. Petie and Aaron Schartz of Seymour, Mo. will spend 15 years in prison for their sexual abuse convictions.

MARSHFIELD, MO — Webster County Judge Michael O. Hendrickson sent two Seymour Amish brothers convicted of molesting a 13-year-old female relative to prison for 15 years Thursday afternoon.

A Pennsylvania state trooper rescued a three-year-old Amish girl from a buggy being drawn by an out-of-control horse. 

I have an idea for the state to make a chunk of change. Why not make the Amish register each of their buggies and have a yearly inspection and safety check, just like those of us with motor vehicles are required to do? I believe the buggies ruin our roads.

It has been nearly 20 years since we’ve seen those bright yellow signs with a horse and buggy symbol within, along our local roadways.

ROOT, N.Y. - A man died after he was struck by a pickup truck while operating his Amish hay wagon Tuesday night. The accident happened on State Highway 162 between Currytown Road and Darrow Road at about 8:15 p.m., Montgomery County Sherriff Jeffery Smith said.

NEW LIMERICK, ME - A Merrill man accused of hitting an Amish wagon in Aroostook County, killing one person and seriously injuring another, has been charged with manslaughter.

YATES COUNTY - The fundraiser for the family impacted by a crash involving a car and horse-and-buggy in Yates County has surpassed its goal.

In a Facebook post published by Teresa Simmons Dummons, some Amish residents from Southern Iowa traveled to Cedar Rapids on Saturday to help locals with clean-up.

SOUTH BEND, IN - The Middlebury community has rallied behind one of their own after a fire destroyed a calf barn nearly two weeks ago.

PITTSBURGH, PA - A 4-year-old Amish boy was flown to UPMC Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh on Wednesday after being kicked by a horse.

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA —Several thousand people gathered for a prayer ride for missing Amish teenager Linda Stoltzfoos. Rescue crews continue to search for her following an arrest of a man in July who has been accused of kidnapping her.

he Swartzentruber Amish community in Cattaraugus County, New York are in danger of having their horse-drawn carriages run into the ditch by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s all-renewable-energy express train.

It was Father’s Day, and Linda Stoltzfoos was on her way home from church. She told friends she’d meet them at a youth meeting after she went back to her family’s Bird-in-Hand farm to change her clothes. But she never made it, and she hasn’t been seen since.

The former owner of a Pennsylvania creamery who ran a Ponzi scheme that preyed on members of the Amish and Mennonite communities was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for his crimes. 

Every day on Ohio roadways, semitrailers, cars and trucks traveling more than 50 mph zip past horse-drawn buggies clip-clopping along at a 6-mph pace.

A Paradise Township, Lancaster County, man has been charged with the kidnapping of Linda Stoltzfoos, an 18-year-old Amish woman who went missing after a church service near Bird-in-Hand on Father’s Day. She hasn’t been seen since.

A Carroll County ordinance requires new homes to be built with sprinkler systems, but the commissioners unanimously voted to make an exception for an Amish family’s home that will be without electricity.

At about 12:30 p.m., on Sunday, June 21, Linda Stoltzfoos, a tall, slim 18-year-old Amish woman, left a church service at a home in Bird-in-Hand, east of Lancaster, Pa., and started walking home. And then, she vanished. 

BIRD IN HAND, PA - The search for a missing 18-year-old Amish woman in Lancaster County continues today.

A Fillmore County District Court judge's ruling that would require Fillmore County Amish men to install subsurface sewage treatment systems despite religious objections was upheld by the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

LANCASTER, PA — In mid-March, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf ordered all Pennsylvania schools to close, prompting an abrupt shutdown of the state’s public and private schools – and, it turns out, Amish one-room schoolhouses.