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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.

AARONSBURG, PA - An Amish family is without a home after it caught fire Thursday. 

ST. ANNA, WI — The Mast family didn’t set out with a master plan to open an Amish bakery.

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ALBANY, NY — The state Appellate Division of Supreme Court has granted an appeal made by a St. Johnsville man who was sentenced to a 40-year term in state prison in May 2015 for abusing six Amish boys over the course of a seven-year period.

ALBANY, NY – A former Montgomery County farmer convicted in 2015 of sexually preying on six adolescent Amish boys has a new chance at freedom after a mid-level appeals court  reversed more than two dozen of his convictions Thursday.

STRASBURG, PA - Visitors to the Clinic for Special Children (CSC) just outside Strasburg, Pennsylvania, might be forgiven for thinking they’ve made a wrong turn.

Amish dairy farmers who lost their milk buyer the first day of the new year have been given another chance to maintain the livelihood they've held for generations. 

NEWPORT, N.Y. — New York State Police in Herkimer responded around 8 a.m. Wednesday to reports of a hit-and-run crash on Summit Road in the town of Newport.

TOWN OF NEWPORT, N.Y. - New York State Police are investigating a crash involving a horse and buggy in Herkimer County.

MIDDLEFIELD, OH  — Work to widen roads and make other safety improvements is planned in an area of Ohio’s Amish country plagued by crashes resulting in injuries, according to federal and state officials.

A group of Amish dairy farmers have lost their milk buyer, putting their livelihood and way of life at risk, as a crisis deepens in America’s dairyland.

Daniel Weaver does not vote, drive a car, read a paper, listen to music, watch sport of any kind, own a mobile phone or use a computer. But as we eat the food grown in his garden outside the window, he confesses that he did once see a film. He refuses to disclose what, brushing aside my questions as we sit talking around the dining table with his wife, five of his eight children and one grandson. “I am not proud of that,” he says. “I went against my parents’ wishes.”

MIDDLEFIELD, OH - Fire officials in northeastern Ohio say a blaze that killed a 2-year-old child and injured 10 members of an Amish family began with a lamp that used liquid fuel.

As an auctioneer pressed his Hartly audience toward the highest bid possible for a set of dishes, an Amish man watched from the side of the tent, his arms crossed as he leaned on a tent pole.

Thelma Miller feels the pop, but tells herself not to worry. She’s 31 weeks pregnant, too early for her water to break. But this baby is coming nonetheless.

This week I helped with preparations for the wedding for Lovina’s niece Emma. As an outsider, I am impressed by how beautifully orchestrated these events are. Family, neighbors and the church community all pitch in to help with the work of hosting weddings.

GOSHEN, IN — Dale Raber sees a range of mental health needs as a therapist at Oaklawn Psychiatric Center, but his clients all have one thing in common: They’re all Amish.

PRESTON, MN — For the last week, four members of the Swartzentruber Amish community have listened to arguments on whether their religious beliefs would allow them to not comply with state wastewater regulations.

I was born and raised in the countryside of LaGrange, Indiana. For the first twenty years of my life, I lived with my parents in an Amish community. My home situation was not the most ideal, and I struggled with life for a good portion of my growing up years. I quickly learned that I had to fight for myself in order to survive; and all though I was a pretty “good” kid, my heart and soul was anything but good. I hated life, myself, my parents, and especially God. Depression and darkness were some my closest friends.

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When Walid Abdul-Wahab met the Amish and Mennonite farmers he now works with, they didn't suspect he was a Muslim from Saudi Arabia. "They assumed I was Amish because of my beard," he says.

MIDDLEFIELD TWP, OH - A fire swept through an Ohio home on Wednesday night, killing a two-year-old and injuring 10 members of an Amish family, officials said.

PAINT TOWNSHIP, OH - Authorities are searching for a driver who struck an Amish buggy and then drove off following a crash in Holmes County on Tuesday afternoon.

ORWELL, OH - Grand Valley Superintendent William Nye said Orwell is getting close to being the next Middlefield when it comes to the size of Amish settlements.

An Amish farmer in Kentucky is asking President Donald Trump for a pardon after he was sentenced to six years in federal prison for mislabeling homemade herbal products.

WATERLOO – Gene Raffensperger stood next to the big yellow school bus in front of a country school and watched as Amish schoolchildren came out of the school. They were crying as their mothers embraced them, and then someone yelled “Run.”