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I grew up in an Old Order Amish community. Three things I enjoyed about growing up Amish was spending time with my family, living off the land, and developing a good work ethic. My relationship was challenging with my parents. )

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Another member of a local Amish family has died following an accidental farm tractor rollover, authorities say.

Manheim Township-based Mennonite Disaster Service is preparing to help people in eastern Kentucky impacted after torrential rains on July 28 led to historic flash floods and mudslides.

PEOLI, OH - Renee Brown Parker has been a voracious reader since she was a child.

The Mennonite Disaster Service will be working to rebuild four homes in the Monte Lake area that were lost in the 2021 fire season.

BILLINGS - The Amish and Mennonite communities joined the cleanup following the floods that hit south-central Montana.

If you can write a book with your father, Liz Miller highly recommends it. "It was a really fun experience to have that time together," she said about helping her father, Dr. Albert Miller, write his memoirs about leaving the Amish...

In December of 2019, the Yoder family was traveling east on Route 60 in Buckingham County when George M. Lee crashed his Chevrolet Silverado into their horse and buggy, killing mother Sylvia Yoder, throwing her husband from the vehicle...

ASHLAND, OH — Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill earlier this week that requires Amish buggies and other animal-drawn vehicles to display a yellow flashing light while driving on public streets.

As Holmes County Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Joe Mullet said to the assembled fifth- through eighth-grade Amish students gathered at Chestnut Ridge Elementary School recently, you can be doing everything right while riding your bike on the road...

Sexual abuse in Pennsylvania Amish communities has been rampant and underreported, according to recent reports, leading the state to consider new legislation that would require more education and prevention measures within the faith community.

With its furniture made by a couple of dozen rural American workshops and in-house craftsmen, Arcola, Ill., manufacturer Simply Amish would seem to be far removed from the global supply-chain strains that have hobbled most businesses.

BATH COUNTY, KY - Two years ago, five Amish children were swept away in a creek in Bath County, and all of them tragically passed away.

Pennsylvania State Police have placed two troopers on administrative duty amid an investigation into the shooting of a horse that had escaped from a farm in Chester County last December. The animal was euthanized after it was shot on a highway.

When I look back at the years I spent growing up in my Old Order Amish community, there’s not much I remember liking. My relationship with my parents was shallow. They were the cat, and I was the mouse.

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CENTRE COUNTY, PA - Centre County Coroner Scott Sayers tells 6 News that a 16-year-old Amish boy was killed Tuesday morning in a farming accident in Potter Township.

BREMEN, IN - The Elkhart County barn arson suspects are now facing charges for reportedly setting an Amish school on fire last May.

In Crawford County, an Amish owned store went up in flames late Sunday afternoon.

ARCOLA, IL — The Illinois Amish Heritage Center is working to restore one of the oldest Amish barns in Illinois.

A 74-year old Amish man stands accused of sexually assaulting several children in Ashland County.  Joas Swartzentruber, of Polk, was indicted last week on a total of nine charges, including two counts each of rape, gross sexual imposition and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. 

PHILADELPHIA — Hand-painted signs in Amish country often advertise fresh eggs, shoofly pies or handmade quilts, but the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is trying to determine whether one Lancaster County farmer’s sizable gun collection was also his side hustle.

I was born into an Amish family in a farmhouse, delivered by my grandmother. I attended church every Sunday, with few exceptions from the time I was born. I remember hearing about the second coming of Christ and an eternal heaven to follow.

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HUNTSBURG TOWNSHIP, OH – A large snowman is smiling down on one Geauga County community.

We got up like we normally do. I made coffee and Ray’s tea. I usually read and study for a while, then lay back down and rest my eyes. This morning, I started thinking about how the Amish stuff is such an idol.

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ASHLAND, O.H. (WJW) – The Fox 8 I-Team has learned two teens are under investigation for an assault carried out on Amish children.

Wild video shows an Amish buggy ripping donuts in New York State. Have you ever seen anything like this!?

LAWRENCEBURG, TN – The Amish community in Lawrenceburg generally keep to themselves and mind their own business.

Town of Clinton, WI - One man is hurt after an Amish logging incident in Vernon County Monday afternoon.

Amish builders were hard at work on the roof of a new barn in chilly weather Monday afternoon on Marion Avenue Road North in Richland County.

PALATINE — An Amish furniture workshop was badly damaged by a Tuesday night fire, but not before workers were able to remove much of their craftwork by hand, officials said.