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the Amish
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Amish News Articles

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October 2008

Amish Man Gets Six Months in Prison

Wheeling News Register - Wheeling,WV,USA

Mullet, a member of the Bergholz Amish community, also was designated as a Tier II sex offender, which requires him to report his address to the county ...

Pa. Amish man who killed wife gets 3 mos. for gun

The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com - Lehigh Valley,PA,USA (AP)

A western Pennsylvania Amish man who killed his wife in a schizophrenic frenzy in 1993 will spend three months in jail for illegally using a firearm ...

Bus packed with Amish clips semi in Mich.; 14 hurt

The Associated Press - 3 hours ago
NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP)

A bus overloaded with members of an Amish church group clipped a semitrailer Thursday, flipping the bus onto its side and ...

Amish driver sentenced to 6 months in jail, 5 years on probation

The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
AP NEWSFLASH by The Grand Rapids Press MONTCALM

David Yoder, the 21-year-old Amish man originally charged with driving while intoxicated causing the ...

Officials don't push Amish on codes

WatertownDailyTimes.com - NY, United States By RACHAEL HANLEY

As officials in St. Lawrence County struggle with Amish resistance to some building code requirements, others in the north country are ...

Amish school shootings: 2 years later

Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USA By JACK BRUBAKER, Staff Writer LANCASTER, PA

Two years have passed since a gunman entered an Amish school in Nickel Mines, dismissed the teacher and all ...

September 2008

Agencies seek injunctions against Amish

The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA
BY SANDRA K. REABUCK EBENSBURG

Two Cambria County agencies are seeking court injunctions to stop two families in an ultra-conservative Amish sect from ...

Agri-Mark has a plan for Amish milk

WatertownDailyTimes.com - NY, United States
By MAX R. MITCHELL HEUVELTON

Many fear the closing of the Heritage Cheese House could leave Amish dairy farmers high and dry with nowhere to sell their ...

Researcher to discuss Amish approach to business

Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USA
By DENNIS LARISON, Business Editor

The Amish approach business with an attitude that holds lessons for the non-Amish world, says Erik Wesner, a researcher ...

Using modern laws to keep Amish ways

Chicago Tribune - United States

He is Old Order Amish and is happy to tend his 35-acre farm, build furniture for his children and repair horse-drawn buggies for the Amish in his rural ...

Amish Family In Court Over Child's Heart Condition
The trial of an Amish family who is refusing to allow their toddler to have life-saving surgery began Friday in St. Lawrence County Family Court. The neglect allegations against Gideon and Barbara Hershberger center on the couple's 17 ...

Morristown Judge to Decide Whether Or Not Amish Will Receive Fair ...

WWNY TV - Watertown,NY,USA

Should the Amish be held to the same state laws and local zoning regulations as regular residents? One judge will take the argument to task again. ...

Amish families may be moving away

WatertownDailyTimes.com - NY, United States

CHEESE PLANT CLOSING: Dairy farmers losing market for their milk in St. Lawrence County; Extension trying to help By MAX R. MITCHELL HEUVELTON -Many Amish ...

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Sheriff Faces Amish Suit

Wheeling News Register - Wheeling,WV,USA
By MARK LAW STEUBENVILLE

Thirty-five Amish residents in the Bergholz area have filed a $35 million federal lawsuit against the Jefferson County Sheriff's ...

Amish enclave in Missouri hews to old ways

Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

A dozen Amish buggies line up next to cars and trucks in the parking lot. Tidy little Van Gogh-style haystacks dry in Amish fields around Jamesport, Mo. ...

Amish boy dies, his 3 brothers hurt after van strikes their cart . . .

The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland,OH,USA
HARTSGROVE TOWNSHIP

An Amish school boy was killed and his three brothers injured this morning after a van crashed into the youths' cart as they headed ...

Amish Parents Sue Sheriff's Department For $35 Million

WTOV9.com - Steubenville, OH,USA
BERGHOLZ, Ohio

Members of the Amish community in Bergholz, Ohio, have filed a $35 million federal lawsuit against the Jefferson County Sheriff's ...

Police: DWI Driver's Vehicle Strikes Amish Buggy, Kills Horse

WNNE-TV - White River Junction,VT,USA
LISBON, NY

A vehicle driven by a drunk driver struck an Amish buggy in Lisbon Monday, injuring the buggy driver and his horse, which had to be put down ...

O'burg man arrested after crash with buggy

Newswatch 50 - Watertown,NY,USA

A horse was put down and a man arrested following a collision between a vehicle and an Amish buggy in St. Lawrence County Monday morning. ...

Amish Buggy Struck By Car, Operator Ejected

WWNY TV - Watertown,NY,USA

An Ogdensburg woman has been ticketed after her car struck an Amish buggy - causing the operator to be thrown from the carriage. ...

Graves County Amish Go To Trial November 14

NewsTalk 94.3 - Paducah,Kentucky, USA
MAYFIELD, KY

Members of the Amish community were back in Graves District Court Thursday morning. Fines handed down earlier this year when the men were ...

Amish Man Pleads To Sex Counts

Wheeling Intelligencer - Wheeling,WV,USA
By DAVE GOSSETT STEUBENVILLE

Crist Mullet already had confessed to the Bergholz Amish community that he had sexual contact with three children before he ...

Amish men reject settlement offer

The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA
EBENSBURG

Members of the conservative Swartzentruber Amish sect have rejected a possible agreement about the disposal of sewage from two outhouses at the ...

Amish man pleads guilty to drunken driving charge for shorter jail

The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com - Grand Rapids,MI,USA

All are members of a Lakeview-area Amish community. In exchange for Yoder's guilty plea of driving while intoxicated causing serious injury, Montcalm County ...

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August 2008

From barn raisings to home building

Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA
By Nancy Keates

The Amish long have been famous for barn raisings. Now, they're becoming known for building houses for people who are not Amish, ...

Indiana's Amish embracing wind, solar power

Chicago Tribune - United States

Although many Amish rejected high-voltage electricity in the early 1920s because of the power lines that would have connected their people to the outside ...

Amish Trial Set For November 14

NewsTalk 94.3 - Paducah,Kentucky,USA
MAYFIELD, KY

- Nine members of the Graves County Amish community who refuse to display the slow-moving vehicle emblems on their horse-drawn buggies will go ...

Barn Raising Experience
So what happens when you bring together 100 able-bodied Amish men, thousands of nails, piles of lumber and a perfect summer day? An Amish barn raising of course.

Neighbors want Amish pair found in contempt of court

Altoona Mirror - Altoona,PA,USA
By Phil Ray, pray@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG

Several Sinking Valley residents have asked a Blair County judge to find their Amish neighbors in ...

Judge floats toilet deal

The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA

Afterward, Ebensburg attorney James Stratton, who represents the Amish, said he is optimistic a settlement can be reached. Krumenacker had been scheduled to ...

Fast fire destroys sawmill

Wausau Daily Herald - Wausau,WI,USA

Gingerich, an Amish businessman, immediately ran for a fire extinguisher, but the building was ablaze by the time he returned. "That's how fast it was going ...

Amish population is growing, shifting

Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA

Researchers say more than four out of five Amish children choose to stay within the community rather than be assimilated into the mainstream culture. ...

Kerosene recall raises questions about Amish woman's death

Sharon Herald - Sharon,PA,USA

... know if tainted kerosene from an Allegheny County distributor may have caused the June 21 fire that led to a Lackawannock Township Amish woman's death. ...

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Driver who hit buggy, caused injuries, fled the scene, sought

Coldwater Daily Reporter - Coldwater,MI,USA

... that reportedly struck an Amish buggy with five people on board and then fled the scene of an accident on Herricksville Road Monday at about 7:40 pm. ...

Iraqi students look at Amish life

Ashtabula Star-Beacon - Ashtabula,OH,USA

Freeman Miller briefly explained the history of Amish immigrants coming to the US in the late 1700s and 1800s, settling first in Pennsylvania. ...

Amish man waives hearing in fatal crash case

The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com - Grand Rapids,MI,USA

Yoder, who does not have a driver's license, allegedly took the truck without permission after he, the Millers and other young Amish men helped a non-Amish ...

Amish driver, 21, arraigned for accident resulting in death of friend

The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com - Grand Rapids,MI,USA

Yoder, a member of the Lakeview Amish community, could face up to 15 years in prison on the most serious charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated ...

Legal proceedings begin in fatal crash, but Amish have forgiven

MLive.com - MI,USA

Press Photos/Rex LarsenEli Miller, center, one of two bishops in the Lakeland Amish community, is mourning the death of his grandson, 17-year-old Josey ...

Amish Residents' Sewage Violations Frustrate Officials

RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA

Two East Otto Amish families who obtained privy permits but later refused to install a specially designed wooden gray-water containment box face stiff fines ...

Amish: 'We can't point fingers' after fatal crash

The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
By Emily Monacelli TRUFANT

A local Amish community is trying not to place blame after a weekend crash killed one of its young members and led to ...

Amish mourn the loss of a teen

WOOD-TV - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
(WOOD)

The Amish of Montcalm County are mourning over the weekend death of a 17-year-old after he was thrown out of the bed of a pickup truck. ...

Teen thrown from pickup bed, dies

WOOD-TV - Grand Rapids,MI,USA

All of the people in the truck are Amish, and no one in the truck was wearing a seatbelt. Police say alcohol was a factor in the crash. ...

Ethridge Man Killed, Wife Hurt In Motorcycle Crash With Amish Buggy

WDXE - Lawrenceburg,TN,USA

A twenty seven year old Lawrence County man was killed and his wife injured in a motorcycle accident involving an Amish buggy late Saturday night east of ...
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Buggy overturns, injuring 4

Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USA

The incident occurred as a horse-drawn buggy, owned by the Amish Farm and House, 2395 Lincoln Highway East, was traveling along the dirt and gravel lane to ...

Amish man declines rebate

Milton Daily Standard - Milton,PA,USA
TURBOTVILLE

Amish have long been known for their strong work ethic and adherence to religious principles. One local Amish man is turning his back on free ...

Amish Free to Maintain Traditions in Modern World

By Amor Safi

The Amish have maintained their traditions of honoring community, church and family while becoming adept at selectively adopting modern technology. In one Pennsylvania county where 20000 Amish are settled, tradition and modernity ...

July 2008

Morristown judge rules Amish case can proceed

WatertownDailyTimes.com - NY, United States
By COREY FRAM MORRISTOWN

The Amish failed to prove how building codes hinder their religion, and court cases will proceed, Town Judge James T. Phillips ..

. Lutherans to apologize for Anabaptist persecution

The Christian Century - USA

The Lutheran World Federation is preparing to formally ask forgiveness from Anabaptists-Mennonites, Amish and similar believers-for 16th-century persecution ...

Amish drawing fans to discount groceries in Pa.

Lebanon Daily News - Lebanon,PA,USA

As consumers struggle with high prices for gas and groceries, more are flocking to "salvage" food stores in Pennsylvania's Amish country, where they can ...

Pa. motorcyclist dies in crash with Amish buggy

The Evening Sun - Hanover,PA,USA

A motorcylist is dead after an accident with a Amish buggy in northwestern Pennsylvania. Police say a group of Amish people fishing at Pymatuning State Park ...

Selling to serve

Canton Repository (subscription) - Canton,OH,USA

"The Amish and Mennonite communities in Holmes and Wayne counties produce a real fine product. It's the same with wood furniture which comes from same area. ...

Police: Buggy driver drunk

Danville News - Danville,PA,USA

Drollinger said Hostetler showed him a valid driver's license, and he asked Hostetler whether he was Amish because he was driving a horse and buggy. ...

Scam targeting Amish in Norwood-Norfolk area

Newswatch 50 - Watertown,NY,USA

According to deputies, a group of people has been going door-to-door in the Amish community in the Norwood and Norfolk areas, saying they have farm ...

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Barn raising experience

Westby Times - Westby,WI,USA
by Dorothy Jasperson

So what happens when you bring together 100 able-bodied Amish men, thousands of nails, piles of lumber and a perfect summer day? ...

Ex-Amish conman jailed

Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USA
By ROBYN MEADOWS, Staff

A former adherent of the Amish faith and his attorney begged the judge for mercy this morning before receiving a sentence of up to ...

Laboring to save home births

Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA

"There will always be [people like] the Amish, who want no technology" on one end of a continuum, and those who will refuse to have a baby "if they can't ...

Amish farmer may get national legal help in permit case

Jackson County Chronicle - Black River Falls,WI,USA

I know people that have bought Amish homes from brokers and these houses are not safe. 2 people fell of the steps on the decks where the you could be on the ...

Chesco Amish farmer busted on puppy mill charges

Delaware County Daily Times - Primos,PA,USA

An Amish man is accused of running a puppy mill on his southeastern Pennsylvania farm. State police and agents of the Pennsylvania Society for the ...

Amish farmer may get national legal help in permit case

La Crosse Tribune - La Crosse,WI,USA

Legal clashes between Jackson County towns and Amish farmers over building code violations have drawn the attention of a national group created to preserve ...

Amish Man Pinned By Tractor in Harrison County Field

WTRF - Wheeling,WV,USA
SCIO, Ohio

Circumstances and miracles, may have saved a yound Amish man's life after a tractor pulling a hay wagon flips, pinning im in Scio, Ohio. ...

Thieves strike cash boxes at roadside stands

Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USA
By JOHN M. HOOBER III

Staff Once again, thieves have their eyes on money left in cash boxes at Lancaster County roadside stands and small businesses. ...

Truck driver is having 'breakdown,' says dad

St. Louis Post-Dispatch - MO, United States

Miller was in a van headed with fellow Amish from northeastern Missouri to Tennessee for a funeral of a friend. Two people in that van were among the three ...

Amish Noise Battle Wages On

WJACtv.com - Johnstown,PA,USA

A noise battle in Blair County waged on Tuesday between residents of Sinking Valley and their Amish neighbors. The controversy is over the Hostetler ...

Teen dies in barn-raising accident

Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USA
By MICHAEL YODER, Staff

A Little Britain Township farm was touched by tragedy for the second time in less than a week when an Amish teenager was killed ...

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Amish growth causing Wis. legal run-ins

United Press International - USA

The latest case happened during last year's deer hunting season when Clark County officials cited three Amish brothers for not wearing required blaze-orange ...

Governments in Wisconsin, Amish clash over religious freedom

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA

But a Clark County judge ruled last month that there's nothing in the Amish religion that compels them to hunt deer. So each brother was fined $143.10. ...

ACLU to defend Amish on buggy light charges

Associated Press - July 12, 2008 1:14 PM ET MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP)

The American Civil Liberties Union will defend a group of Amish men in Kentucky charged with not displaying slow-moving vehicle...

Amish Funeral Services Differ Dramatically From More Common ...

American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA

In visiting my hometown in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, I had the opportunity to sit down with an Amish woman and her family. She was kind and generous, ...

High Profile Cases Heard In Jefferson County

WTRF - Wheeling,WV,USA
STEUBENVILLE

An Amish man accused of molesting amish children allegedly confesses to the community and family members of a woman stabbed 61 times are ...

Amish family in court for son

WatertownDailyTimes.com - NY, United States

William J. Galvin, the county's conflict public defender representing Mr. Hershberger, said he'll need to research the issue of Amish religion further ...

Jail sentence for Amish too harsh, unconstitutional, attorney says

The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA
By SANDRA K. REABUCK EBENSBURG

Two Amish men sentenced to 90 days in jail for sewage violations have appealed to Cambria County Court, ...

Hospital bills overwhelm Amish

Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia

NEW YORK: Amish groups in the United States are facing a financial crisis that could threaten their way of life as they struggle to cope with an epidemic of ...

Amish Couple Accused Of Medical Neglect Of Toddler
An Amish couple is facing allegations they are neglecting to provide medical care for their one year old son who suffers from a heart condition by refusing to allow an operation. Barbara and Gideon Hershberger of Winthrop appeared in St ...

70-year-old still barred from visiting Amish daughter

Gazette Online - Solon,IA,USA

Erdelt had requested that the girl's Amish mother, Edna Schrock, 34, of Lavalle, Wis., be held in contempt of court for repeatedly frustrating his attempts ...

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June 2008

Orange required for Amish hunters

Leader-Telegram - Eau Claire,WI,USA NEILLSVILLE

A Clark County judge has ruled that wearing blaze orange clothing is not an impermissible burden on the religious freedom of three Amish ...

'Old Order' Mennonites and Amish Who Shun Insurance

Wall Street Journal - USA

Old Order Amish and Mennonite farmers here suffer from epidemic proportions of certain deadly genetic diseases. As they seek life-saving treatments, ...

Amish feel gas price sting too

The Evening Sun - Hanover,PA,USA
By JEFF FRANTZ

An Amish farmer cuts alfalfa Wednesday in Lower Chanceford Township. Think the Amish aren't affected by the price of gas? ...

Amish Elders Describe Difficult Choices, Recall Past Temptations

ABC News - USA By SAMANTHA WENDER

For the roughly 220000 Amish living in North America, Holmes County, Ohio, serves as a capital of Amish culture. ...

Amish Adolescents 'Run Around' Before Committing to Church or ...

ABC News - USA
By SAMANTHA WENDER and KATIE ESCHERICH

Adolescence is typically a time of experimentation and testing boundaries, but if you're an Amish teenager, ...

Attorney for Amish trying new approach

WatertownDailyTimes.com - NY, United States
By COREY FRAM CANTON

Attorney Steven G. Ballan is taking a different approach in defending the latest Morristown Amish man charged with building a house ...

11th Amish man cited over lacking a permit

WatertownDailyTimes.com - NY, United States By COREY FRAM

Morristown is continuing to cite the Amish for building homes without permits while awaiting a judge's decision on pending cases. ...

Drunken driver who killed Amish boy sentenced to 7 years

Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio

A Columbus man will serve seven years in prison for driving drunk and killing an Amish boy riding a bicycle. William P. Cartwright, 47, ...

Amish man hurt in crash released

Sharon Herald - Sharon,PA,USA

An Amish man critically injured five weeks ago when his horse-drawn buggy was struck in a hit-and-run crash has been released from a Youngstown hospital, ...

Amish Property Owners Appear In Cambria County Court

WJACtv.com - Johnstown,PA,USA

Two Amish property owners learned Thursday that they must report to jail July 21. The two defendants, Samuel Yoder and Andy Schwartzentruber, ...

Buggy Crash Injures Amish Family in Trumbull County

WFMJ - Youngstown,OH,USA

Another horse and buggy accident in the valley injures an Amish woman and her children. State troopers say Emma Jane Detwiler was thrown from her buggy when ...

Amish cases highlight religious rights

USA Today - USA

The two Amish men were found guilty in April of building outhouses without sewage permits and of discharging untreated sewage into the ground. ...

Amish buggies no match for cars in collisions

Eagle Tribune - North Andover,MA,USA
By Ann Rodgers

Two collisions that crushed horse-drawn buggies and critically injured two Amish men in Pennsylvania last month have renewed attention to the ...

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May 2008

Farming As a Family Venture

RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA

To them, the farm provides a living and a way of life central to their Amish heritage. "A farm is not just a way to make a living," insisted Wayne Wengerd, ...

Amish pair face jail in outhouse case

The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA
By SANDRA K. REABUCK HASTINGS

Two Amish men convicted of having illegal outhouses at the sect's Barr Township school now face jail or possible community ...

From churning butter to churning out hits

South Bergenite - Rutherford,NJ,USA

When Amish children reach 16 years of age, they have the opportunity to live free of the strict code of conduct they are raised with. ...

Two recent crashes of Amish buggies with autos raise safety issue

Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA

Most Amish and Old Order Mennonite communities have worked diligently to make their buggies visible at night. The trouble is that new research shows that ...

Judges back midwife

Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USA

Goslin, who has delivered more than 5000 babies during the past 28 years - 21 of those years in Lancaster County, mostly among the Amish - said the "ordeal ...

Amish move to southern Indiana

WLFI.com - West Lafayette,IN,USA
AP - May 22, 2008 6:54 AM ET ENGLISH, Ind. (AP)

Several Amish families from Wisconsin and New York have completed a move to rural Crawford County in ...

Arsonist targeted Amish schools

Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia,PA,USA
AP LANCASTER

A volunteer firefighter apologized yesterday before being sentenced to prison for setting fires at one-room Amish and Old Order Mennonite ...

Amish flock to Crawford County

Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA

Crawford County, Indiana has seen an influx of Amish in recent months, after several families from Wisconsin moved to a former chicken farm last winter. ...

Amish woman dismisses lawsuit

Steubenville Herald Star - Steubenville,OH,USA

Troyer claims she was kidnapped by Jefferson County Sheriff Abdalla in a conspiracy with her former husband. Troyer, who filed the lawsuit herself without ...

Amish family hospitalized

Sharon Herald - Sharon,PA,USA
By Tom Davidson

Five members of an Amish family are hospitalized after police say a drunk driver crashed her pickup truck into their horse-driven buggy ...

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Amish Woman Accuses Jefferson County Sheriff Of Kidnapping

WTOV9.com - Steubenville,OH,USA

An Amish woman said the Jefferson County sheriff kidnapped her while she was in the middle of a custody battle with her estranged husband. ...

Amish exit farms to find work

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA

Troyer of Harrisville is one of numerous Amish men finding construction work in Pittsburgh, primarily in suburbs but in urban settings such as the 10-unit ...

Probation for young Gingerich relatives

GoErie.com - Erie,PA,USA
BY JIM CARROLL

The rift that has split the Brown Hill Amish community in northern Crawford County spread once again into a courtroom Wednesday. ...

Amish or not? County jury to decide

Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USA
By BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff

Testimony began Tuesday in the trial of a Leola man - who contends he is Amish - accused of trying to circumvent bank reporting ...

Amish turn out to vote in election

WNDU-TV - South Bend,IN,USA

Carl Yoder, a member of the Amish community, was in the crowd. The Amish do not usually come out to support candidates, but the importance of the '08 ...

Amish Community Shaken

Indiana's NewsCenter - Fort Wayne,IN,USA By Nicole Pence

Allegations of sex abuse against one man have shaken one of the nation's largest Amish communities. Our Nicole Pence first reported this ...

Raw milk lovers upset over Amish arrest

New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
BY MATTHEW LYSIAK

Brooklyn raw milk enthusiasts are crying over the loss of their supplier - a horse and buggy-driving Amish farmer from Pennsylvania. ...

Jail Preps For Challenges If Faced With Amish Inmate

WPSD - Brookport,IL,USA

Since January, members of the Amish community in Graves County have been cited for refusing to display the orange slow-moving vehicle triangle on their ...

Court Date set for Amish Father accused of Incest, Child Molestation

Indiana's NewsCenter - Fort Wayne,IN,USA

By Nicole Pence Accused of having sex with three of his ten daughters, Amish man Andy Eicher, will be in court in two weeks. It's a case generating a lot of ...

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April 2008

Drivers Question Amish Buggy Visibility

WPSD - Brookport,IL,USA

Members of the Amish community in western Kentucky refuse to display the orange slow-moving vehicle triangles. They say the symbol goes against their faith. ...

Project aims to bring breast-health services to Amish women

The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland,OH,USA

Mitchell, who is Amish, underwent a complete mastectomy within weeks of being diagnosed with breast cancer that year. Like many Amish women, Mitchell was ...

Eicher out of Jail; CPS working with Family

Indiana's NewsCenter - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
By Nicole Pence

An Amish father is out of jail after police charged him with incest and molestation. Nicole Pence, who first broke details of this story ...

Public craves what Amish stand for

Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
By MARY JACOBS

Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News Donald Kraybill has written and spoken extensively on the Amish and what they taught the ...

Neighbor: 'Amish Molestation Runs Rampant'

Indiana's NewsCenter - Fort Wayne,IN,USA

By Nicole Pence An Amish man in Adams County is behind bars...accused of having sex with three of his daughters. Nicole Pence has been investigating this ...

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Step Back In Time In Central Illinois Amish Towns

Webster Kirkwood Times - St. Louis,MO,USA

Visitors can bike through the countryside, visit the home of Illinois' largest Old Order Amish settlement and browse Amish woodworking shops. ...

Trial Date Set For Amish Man

WPSD - Brookport,IL,USA

Yet another trial set for an Amish man already convicted of not placing a slow-moving vehicle symbol on his buggy. Emanuel Yoder and several other men were ...

Amish men say they won't pay fine or appeal outhouses offenses

The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA
By SANDRA K. REABUCK HASTINGS

Two Amish men were convicted Thursday of summary criminal offenses for having two unpermitted outhouses at a Barr Township ...

Land in Ohio's ''Little Switzerland'' to sell in May 17 Ohio auction

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA

Sugarcreek earned the name of the "Little Switzerland of Ohio" because of its diverse Swiss, German and Amish populations. The property, which will sell in ...

Amish Voting Machines Scrutinized In Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Voter's League filed complaints with the FEC, charging problems were rampant with the state's 250 horse-powered voting machines.

Police crackdown concerns Amish community

WNDU-TV - South Bend,IN,USA

This may be as close as it gets to widespread lawlessness involving the Amish community. "I wasn't sure that they even regulated Amish taxi services," said ...

Sugarcreek: One man injured in Amish buggy crash

WKYC-TV - Cleveland,OH,USA

SUGARCREEK -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle crash involving an Amish buggy. The crash occurred at approximately 3:45 pm on ...

Group offers to help town

WatertownDailyTimes.com - NY, United States
By COREY FRAM MORRISTOWN

A national group that defended the Amish in a hallmark US Supreme Court case that preserved religious freedom is offering to help ...

Amish protest state midwife crackdown

PennLive.com - Harrisburg,PA,USA
by DAVID WENNER, Of The Patriot-News

Hundreds of Amish people rode buses to Harrisburg today to support the woman who has delivered thousands of their ...

Couple plans again to offer Amish dinners

Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette - Champaign,IL,USA
By The News-Gazette SULLIVAN

Lorene and Oba Herschberger of rural Sullivan are going to return to the business of offering Amish dinners in their home. ...

Amish Farmer Asks for Reduced Sentence

WNEP-TV - Scranton, PA,USA
By Norm Jones

In 2005, an Amish dairy farmer from Montour County was sentenced to up to 18 years in prison for molesting girls. Now he's arguing that his ...

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March 2008

Amish centers aim to shoot down myths

Journal Gazette and Times-Courier - Charleston,IL,USA
By HERB MEEKER, Staff Writer

Another season of Amish "mythbusting" is around the corner for the visitor and interpretative centers in Arcola and Arthur. ...

Amish Outhouse Controversy Continues

WJACtv.com - Johnstown,PA,USA

An Amish group wants to work out a compromise regarding how they dispose of their waste. The Cambria County Sewage Enforcement Agency has filed charges ...

Amish life, family author's inspiration

Hutchinson News - Hutchinson,KS,USA

That led to the publication of "Tobias of the Amish" in 2001 and propelled Ervin, vice president and seminary dean of Eastern Mennonite University, ...

Battle over Amish code violations continues

News 10 Now - Syracuse,NY,USA

MORRISTOWN, NY -- Last June, more than 75 Amish came out to support the five members of their community who had been cited by the Town of Morristown for ...

More Than A Story

Rocktown Weekly - Harrisonburg,VA,USA

The book gives readers a close look at life in an Amish community, and how that society's beliefs in the mid-20th century governed women. ...

Religious liberty group weighs in on Morristown Amish cases

Newswatch 50 - Watertown,NY,USA

A religious freedom advocacy group is weighing into the dispute between the town of Morristown and some of its Amish families. The town has charged a number ...

Judge to Amish: Keep it down!

6abc.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA

(AP) - March 11, 2008 -- A Blair County judge says an Amish family must limit the operation of its sawmill and quiet its furniture-making business to ...

Judge tells Amish: Quiet down

Altoona Mirror - Altoona,PA,USA

Industrial silencers or a newly constructed wall must be used to quiet a blower at the Amish furniture factory. - The dog kennel must be operated within ...

Killer faces trial on gun charge

GoErie.com - Erie,PA,USA
BY TIM HAHN SAEGERTOWN

An Amish man who landed in hot water with the local authorities for going deer hunting in fall now faces trial on a felony gun ...

Family of man who ran off with Amish girl speaks out

WZZM - Grand Rapids,MI,USA

The family of an illegal immigrant, who ran off with a 15-year old Amish girl, is speaking out. The two were found Monday in Laredo, Texas, trying to cross ...

Wife of man who ran off with Amish girl dismayed

WZZM - Grand Rapids,MI,USA

"My kids know everything that is going on," Julissa said. "They say, "I can't believe my dad ran off with an Amish girl.'"

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February 2008

Missing Amish teenager possibly contacted friend

Greenville Daily News - Greenville,MI,USA

LAKEVIEW - A missing Coral-area Amish girl may have contacted a friend Thursday afternoon but police doubt whether either was telling the truth. ...

Two more Amish men accused of violations

Watertown Daily Times (subscription) - Watertown,NY,USA

Mr. Ballan argues that building codes are discriminatory and intentionally written to force the Amish out of town. He also accuses Mr. Silver of failing to ...

Customers say they got burned by heater ad

Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA

Dozens of consumers have filed complaints with the Ohio attorney general and Better Business Bureau about the Heat Surge Roll-n-Glow Amish Fireplace. ...

Ky. judge fines Amish for refusing safety symbols on buggies

First Amendment Center - Nashville,TN,USA

Three Amish men from western Kentucky were found guilty and fined last week for failing to display lights and a slow-moving vehicle symbol on their ...

Jefferson County crash injures 9 in Amish buggy

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA

By wire report A van struck an Amish buggy Sunday on Route 38 in Jefferson County, injuring two adults and seven children in the carriage, police said. ...

W. KY Amish fined for not properly lighting buggies

WVLT - Knoxville,TN,USA

(AP) -- A judge in western Kentucky says three members of the state's Amish community are guilty of failing to put flashing lights or reflective orange ...

Hillsboro Man Sentenced for Sexual Assault of a Child

WKBT - La Crosse,WI,USA

An Amish Hillsboro man convicted of sexually assaulting younger family members learns his sentence. A Vernon County Judge sentenced 22-year-old Isaac Yoder ...

Amish ordered to halt work on house

The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA
By SUSAN EVANS EBENSBURG

The same Amish sect under fire for illegal outhouses at a Barr Township schoolhouse is also under a stop work order for building ...

Bond lowered to $100000 for jailed Amish man

GoErie.com - Erie,PA,USA

... since he was convicted on involuntary manslaughter in 1994 for killing his wife, Katie, in 1993. Gingerich is the only Amish man ever convicted of murder.

Amish outhouses prompt citations

The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA

BY SUSAN EVANS EBENSBURG - An Amish schoolhouse in Barr Township has unpermitted outhouses that are illegally emptied onto farm fields, sewage enforcement ...

Amish man killed by falling tree in Knox County

Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio - An Amish man was killed yesterday afternoon when he was struck by a tree while cutting timber. Sam M. Miller, 26, of Millersburg, ...

Amish man is back behind bars

GoErie.com - Erie,PA,USA

MEADVILLE - A local Amish man who once served prison time for killing his wife was jailed this afternoon on charges that he illegally possessed a firearm ...

Tales Of Amish Living

Manchester Times - Manchester,NY,USA

Last year alone, Riley held over 160 presentations telling her personal story of living in the Amish community for 13 years, five of those years spent ...

Amish girl custody battle heads to court

Burlington Hawk Eye - IA, United States

AP OELWEIN -- A custody battle between an Amish mother and her daughter's non-Amish father is heading back to district court. The Iowa Court of Appeals has ...

Amish buggy collides with tractor-trailer

Lock Haven Express - Lock Haven,PA,USA

MACKEYVILLE - Two occupants of an Amish buggy that collided with a tractor-trailer truck early this morning were seriously injured....

Wood stove may be cause of blaze

GoErie.com - Erie,PA,USA

Gingerich, who is Amish, was convicted of killing his wife in 1993 and was in court in 2007 for interfering in the custody of his daughter and harassing ...

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January 2008

Should Amish Buggies Be Required to Have Reflectors?

WBKO - Bowling Green,KY,USA

Noah Yorder of the Amish community is the uncle of 20 year old Delila Gingerich. Wednesday, a 2002 Chevy Avalance struck the back of Delila's buggy on ...

Custody battle of Amish girl heads back to district court

WHO-TV - Des Moines,IA,USA

AP - January 31, 2008 9:14 PM ET OELWEIN, Iowa (AP) - A custody battle between an Amish mother and her daughter's non-Amish father is heading back to ...

Two Injured after Amish Buggy Struck By Pickup

WBKO - Bowling Green,KY,USA

The Barren County Sheriff's office says 20-year-old Delila Gingerich suffered a broken neck when her buggy was struck on Highway 1297.

SUV strikes Amish buggy head-on

The People's Defender - West Union,OH,USA

OLIVER TOWNSHIP - An Amish woman, Sarah Sue Miller, remained hospitalized Tuesday due to injuries suffered in a Sunday evening crash that ejected her from ...

Child abuse in the Amish community

By Renee (Pres of Baby James Foundation)

~. I started to do some research on child abuse like I do quite often, when I came along an article regarding Amish and child abuse cases. Amish believe not to teach their children as we do for instances . . .
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Portrait of a young Amish man: a world apart from "Englishness"

SJU The Hawk (subscription) - Philadelphia,PA,USA

In his 8th grade year at his one-room Amish schoolhouse, suspender-clad Jacob sits near the door in the back left corner of his classroom, ...

Morristown Amish court case delayed again

Newswatch 50 - Watertown,NY,USA

The court case against eight Amish men in Morristown has been delayed again, at the behest of their Public Defender. The eight men were in court this ...

Alleged Bizarre Behavior in Ohio Amish Community

WTRF - Wheeling,WV,USA

BERGHOLZ, Ohio -- Startling details about an Amish community in Bergholz, Ohio, surfaced in a Jefferson County courtroom on Wednesday. ...

Davis County sheriff's deputy strikes Amish buggy

Ottumwa Courier - IA, U.S.A.
By MATT MILNER Courier staff writer WEST GROVE

The Iowa State Patrol says a Davis County sheriff's deputy struck an Amish buggy Monday evening, ...

Auntie's Awakening

Washington Post - United States

Now Anne Beiler Serves Life Lessons to Others in Pennsylvania's Amish Country Anne Beiler and her husband, Jonas, made millions with the Auntie Anne's ...

Lawmaker Wants to See Amish Pay Buggy Registration Fees

Wisconsin Ag Connection - Marshfield, WI, USA

A Wisconsin lawmaker plans to reintroduce a bill that would allow local governments to force Amish and others who travel by horse-drawn vehicles pay a ...

Four Years Later Baby Allison's Killer Still At Large

SolancoNews.com - Quarryville,PA,USA

It's been four years since someone discarded a baby girl in a burn barrel at an Amish school in Strasburg Township. Baby Allison, as she was named, ...

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December 2007

State officials cracking down on unlicensed 'Amish taxis'

Carlisle Sentinel - Carlisle,PA,USA

(AP) - The state Public Utility Commission is cracking down on operators of "Amish taxis" who regularly serve as drivers for members of the religious group ...

Amish buggy horse sprints home without driver

Ashtabula Star-Beacon - Ashtabula,OH,USA

ORWELL - It was a most unusual sight Wednesday night in the village when an Amish buggy horse decided to sprint home down South Maple Street (Route 45) ...

MEMBER EXCHANGE: Hardware manufactures appliances of yesteryear

WDTN - Dayton,OH,USA

The hardware store has contracts with a network of Amish craftsman to make 40 or 50 other products in their homes and workshops. The list includes many toys ...

Youth party at lumber mill ends with underage drinking arrests

EmpireStateNews.net - Newburgh, New York, USA

Apparently one of several underage Amish youths had dialed 911 while they were having an underage drinking party at the mill. Several Amish youths from New ...

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Amish balk at building permits

La Crosse Tribune - La Crosse,WI,USA

The first of several rural Jackson County Amish residents accused of ignoring state building codes has been judged to have violated that code. ...

A-quilting you will go in Northern Indiana

Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA

One such "find" is a quilt, hand-made by an artisan in northern Indiana's Amish country. Many Amish and conservative Mennonite women do hand quilting in ...

Court upholds conviction of man who crashed into Amish buggy

WKBT - La Crosse,WI,USA

(AP) - An appeals court has upheld the conviction of a man who crashed his pickup truck into an Amish family's horse-drawn buggy, killing a pregnant woman ...

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When Amish People Get Bored

By Jeffro

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Twist of fate puts grandfather and granddaughter in fatal accident

WKYC-TV - Cleveland,OH,USA

NAVARRE -- Seventeen-year-old Felecia Majors slammed on her brakes to avoid hitting an Amish horse-drawn buggy but served into the path to an oncoming car

SUV crashes into Amish buggy, injuring 2

WDTN - Dayton,OH,USA
AP - December 12, 2007 10:35 PM ET ASHLAND, Ohio (AP)

A sport utility vehicle crashed into the back of an Amish buggy Wednesday, injuring the buggy's two ...

Amish Man Charged With Rape

WTOV9.com - Steubenville,OH,USA

An Amish man in Guernsey County, Ohio, is charged with two counts of rape and the sheriff's department said there could be more victims. ...

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First Ever "Emerging" Amish Church

By Mark Van Steenwyk

The first ever "emerging" Amish church will launch on December 23rd just outside of Columbus, Ohio. The church, calling itself "Solomon's Barn" blends cutting edge worship with Amish sensibilities. Its pastor, Jacob Yoder (who prefers ...)

Gingerich brothers sentenced to probation

GoErie.com - Erie,PA,USA

But time will tell if Crawford County's most infamous Amish man holds to the pledge he made in a county courtroom Wednesday morning. ...

Police: Amish women, kids confronted by naked man
A Volant man is charged with exposing himself to two Amish women and two girls last week in Wilmington Township, state police said.

WorldWide Religious News-Ex-Amish woman prevails in ruling
WorldWide Religious News is a non-profit service that has been providing the international academic and legal community (as well as various government ...)

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November 2007

Amish girl dies of injuries after being struck by vehicle

WKYC-TV - Cleveland,OH,USA

MIDDLEFIELD TOWNSHIP -- A 9-year-old Amish girl died over the weekend after sustaining serious she ran into a moving van. The Highway Patrol says Ida Yoder ...

Amish Buggy Races Presented by BuggyRocket.com

By rss@dailymotion.com (mountainmarkg)

Real BuggyRockets at the Yoder (KS)Heritage Days - August 2007. Author: avatar mountainmarkg Tags: amish buggy buggies Posted: 27 November 2007

Frank Yoder to present lecture series, "Thinking About the Amish"

Kalona News - Kalona,IA,USA

you are invited to attend a series of lectures on the history and culture of the amish. these lectures will be held in celebration hall at iowa mennonite ...

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Amish girl critical after being hit by car in Middlefield

WKYC-TV - Cleveland,OH,USA

MIDDLEFIELD -- A 9-year-old Amish girl remains in critical condition after being hit by a car Monday morning. The Ohio Highway Patrol says the child, ...

Sheriff Alleges Sex Abuse In Amish Community (UPDATE 1)

WTOV9.com - Steubenville,OH,USA

Accusations of sex abuse in an Amish community were raised during a custody hearing in Jefferson County. As of noon Thursday, the hearing was still under ...

Sheriff Explains Why He Took Amish Children Out of Their Bergholz (UPDATE 2) ...

WTRF - Wheeling,WV,USA

It started as a custody battle between amish members Wilma Troyer and her husband Aden Troyer. Even though Aden Troyer was shunned, Wilma is the daughter of ...

October 2007

Two Amish seriously hurt in buggy-SUV crash

The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA
BY KECIA BAL SALISBURY

Two Amish residents of Salisbury were seriously injured Monday when a sport utility vehicle rear-ended their horse-drawn buggy in ...

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Amish in Illinois: Quiet, simple ways meshing well with pace of ...

Henderson Gleaner - Henderson,KY,USA

By Garret Mathews (Contact) For the Amish in Enterprise, Ill., the black buggy is still the staple for getting from place to place. ...

Other counties have similar issues with Amish

La Crosse Tribune - La Crosse,WI,USA
By GEORGE HESSELBERG / Lee Newspapers

An increasing Amish population in rural Wisconsin coupled with mandated changes in building inspection requirements ...

Amish man who killed wife pleads no contest in custody case

Meadville Tribune

Three Amish brothers have pleaded no contest to charges in connection with interference with the custody of one of the men's children.

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Out of Amish country

Park Rapids Enterprise - Park Rapids,MN,USA

The flash of the camera is no longer forbidden for the former Amish woman. And Olson has grown used to having her photograph taken since leaving the Amish ...

Amish funeral

By John Wesley H.(John Wesley H.)

Joe and Esther (they are ex-Amish) stood to my left, and others down the line. We stood still as the other brothers and sisters of Lucy and Esther filed past us. The oldest, Melvin, was first to come along, and he reached out and shook ...

US 20 Crash Injures Amish Children, Pickup Driver

(SBT24/7News)

Two young Amish children and the driver of a pickup truck were hurt Monday night in a crash on US 20.

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Amish-Mennonite Community Pulls Together to Help Storm Victims Rebuild

WSBT-TV - South Bend,IN,USA

by Ed Ernstes (ernstes@wsbt.com) Amish farmer Kevin Yoder lost four or five buildings in the Nappanee tornado. Hundreds of people in the Amish and Mennonite ...

Officials: More Amish families putting farms into preservation

LANCASTER, Pa.

After years of resistance, a growing number of Amish families are putting their farms into land-preservation programs.

Two more Morristown Amish charged with building without a permit (Part 1)

Newswatch 50 - Watertown,NY,USA

Two more Amish men in Morristown have been charged with building without a permit, bringing the total to eight. All eight defendants are supposed to appear

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Morristown case against Amish man adjourned until January (Part 2)

Newswatch 50 - Watertown,NY,USA

The case against 8 Amish men accused of ignoring building codes in the Town of Morristown got off to a slow start this morning, with the first case ending ...

Bill to hurt Amish dog breeders

Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown,OH,USA

By MARC KOVAC WOOSTER - Amish residents who breed dogs in Holmes County sell millions of dollars' worth of puppies each year, according to one professional ...

MU Extension workshops tailored to help Amish and Mennonite farmers
University of Missouri Extension is teaming with the Missouri Department of Agriculture and local soil and water conservation districts to promote best management practices to Amish and Mennonite produce growers in Missouri. ...

Local Amish Community Outraged With Jefferson County Sheriff

WTOV9.com - Steubenville,OH,USA

Armed with guns and a SWAT team, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department served custody papers to some people in a local Amish community, ...

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Reducing your speed might save Amish lives

Truman Index (subscription) - MO,USA

Reckless drivers pose a danger to one group in particular: the Amish, who have been the victims in several buggy-car collisions on Missouri and Iowa ...

Essenhaus 'very blessed' for 36 years

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA

Closed on Sunday MIDDLEBURY - Here in the heart of Amish country, there are so many choices. You can't go wrong with the famous egg noodles, ...

Columbine Mother Reaches Out To Amish Family

WGAL - Lancaster,PA,USA

From Colorado, Patricia Depooter wrote a letter to an Amish couple in Nickel Mines. Depooter knows the agony of losing a child in a school shooting and the ...

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September 2007

Amish man critical after crash in Gladwin County

WTOL - Toledo,OH,USA

Troopers say a pickup truck hit the rear of an Amish buggy last night in Sherman Township. A 31-year-old man driving the buggy had to be flown to Saginaw ...

Abdalla: The Amish Threatened His Life

Wheeling News Register - Wheeling,WV,USA

Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla maintains he was simply upholding the law ...

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Amish woman killed as truck hits buggy

Radio Iowa - Des Moines,IA,USA

An Amish woman was killed and the rest of her family is in the hospital ...

Amish Couple Appears In Court For Child Custody Dispute
An Amish couple appeared in court Thursday ...

Sheriff Says Amish Threatened To Kill Him

WTOV9.com - Steubenville,OH,USA

The Jefferson County sheriff said he and his deputies received several death threats with regard to an Amish child custody dispute, prompting him to have ...

Mennonite Killed
It was about 2 a.m. when a 26 year old ex-Amish boy and an Old Order Mennonite ...
The ex-Amish boy was driving and the Mennonite was sitting in the passenger ...

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Slain in the Amish Spirit

GetReligion - Washington,DC,USA

I am headed to Amish country today with a bunch of Orthodox men for a kind of old-fashioned guy's day out adventure -- various bonding rites planned, ...

Amish donate money to widow of schoolhouse gunman

Reuters - USA

By Jon Hurdle PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - An Amish community that lost five girls in a Pennsylvania schoolhouse shooting massacre last year has donated money ...

Amish Rapist Gets Eight Years In Jail

WTOV9.com - Steubenville,OH,USA

An Amish man who admitted to raping a girl over several years was sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday. In a Belmont County courtroom, Jacob Weaver, ...

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