2009 News
January 1, 2009
December 2009
Pa. police arrest Amish man in buggy for DUI
Police in central Pennsylvania arrested an Amish man on drunk driving charges over the weekend after he was found asleep in his moving buggy.
Judge postpones contempt hearing for Amish couples
The long-simmering dispute between an ultraconservative Amish sect and sewage enforcement agencies is back in Cambria...
Lagrange, Mo., woman writes about leaving Amish home and community in book
Raised in the Amish faith, Mary and her husband, John, left home and community, sure only that trusting in God and not in a lifestyle would secure their ...
Amish fail to reach settlement with town
An attempt to reach an out-of-court settlement has failed in the case of 11 Amish families who are suing the town of Morristown for ...
November 2009
TV movie to focus on Amish school shooting
Lifetime Movie Network will explore the aftermath of the 2006 schoolhouse shooting in the Amish ...
First covered bridge in Holmes County opened
Amish man dressed entirely in white stood underneath the first covered bridge in Holmes County Saturday addressing a crowd of more than 100 people who ...
Boy, 5, is first child in Pa. to die of H1N1 flu
Most infections are occurring among younger people. MARSHFIELD, Mo. - Four Amish leaders in southwest Missouri who chose to "shun" an accused child molester ...
October 2009
5-Year-Old Girl Ejected From Buggy In Crash
UPDATE: Troopers release additional information after a young Amish girl is critically injured in a crash with a tanker truck....
Amish wife is accused of not reporting husband's sexual abuse of girls
People in the Amish community around Seymour and Diggins have repeatedly asked Webster County law enforcement officers to let them punish their members on ...
Amish Man Charged for Crash That Killed Passenger
An 18-year-old Amish man who allegedly fled a one-car crash that killed the vehicle's only passenger was charged Monday with felony hit and run resulting in ...
Driver charged in Amish buggy hit and run
Oswego County 911 dispatchers say the people in the buggy were thrown from the carriage when it was hit, but are not hurt. The driver of that truck then ...
Amish man charged with six counts of having sex with children
"These children are being victimized, and people know about who are close to them, and the don't report it because they don't want to get involved. ...
September 2009
Wayne County man sentenced to prison for involvement in wife's ...
A Wayne County man is sentenced to prison Wednesday, after pleading guilty to complicity in the shooting death of his wife. Eli Weaver ...
Life's lessons taught in Amish school
This article describes aspects of the anitquated Amish school system that the modern American educational system may want to seriously consider adopting.
Judges Hears Testimonies Over Amish Premise ID Dispute
Nearly 100 members of the Amish community packed the court room, while dozens of others were standing in the hallway to support Emanuel Miller Jr. of Loyal.
Recent buggy crashes an unusual occurrence on Myerstown roads
This amish buggy sitting in an amish nursery was hit by a passing vehicle along ...
Attorney in Raber case asks for interpreter
"The state has presented numerous tapes in the 'Amish' language. Counsel for the defense is unable to translate 'Amish' into English.
Two Teens Killed In Amish Buggy Accident
Two teenagers were killed and another one seriously injured when the Amish buggy they were riding in was rear-ended by a pickup truck Thursday night in ...
Car-buggy crash driver sentenced to prison
Woman was sentenced Tuesday for driving drunk and hitting an Amish buggy, ejecting an Amish man and his four children, ...
August 2009
Court rules in Amish custody case
... The Iowa Court of Appeals has denied the latest effort by an Oelwein resident to gain greater access to a child he fathered with an Amish woman.
New neighbors bring an old way of life to the area
Buggies, beards, long dresses and head coverings -- all are descriptive of the Amish people. A familiar sight in Pennsylvania, Iowa and even Missouri, ...
Iowa appeals court rules in paternity case
A man who says he deserves visitation rights to see a biological daughter who is living in an Amish ...
It is rare to speak to an Amish person on camera, but recently, 9News got the opportunity. We drove to Homes County, Ohio, which is arguably a world apart ...
Man Accused of Rear-Ending Amish Buggy Being Held in ...
The man accused of crashing his minivan into an Amish Buggy, killing a six week old infant is being held in the Marathon County Jail on a $10000 cash bond. ...
Author shares real story of Amish culture in new novel 'The Hope ...
The Grand Rapids Press Cindy Woodsmall knows the Amish culture: its rules, its simplicity, its problems. She also recognizes this unique group ...
Amish steadfast in their way of life
When traveling along Highway 29 close to Deer Creek, in eastern Otter Tail County, a person will oftentimes see an Amish horse and buggy. ..
July 2009
Amish farmers lose court battle against RFID
It's worth noting, as the Judge did, that even Amish cattle already have numbered metal ear studs, so the contention that numbering cattle is against God's ...
Hearing Set For Clark County Premises ID Case Involving Amish
A circuit court judge in Clark County has spelled out the next steps in the highly anticipated case that pits the Amish against the State of Wisconsin in a ...
Horse yodelling with the Amish
Have you ever seen an Amish man yodelling to a horse? Newsnight's Justin Rowlatt was invited to stay with an Amish family in Indiana. ...
5 hurt in Amish buggy crash, horse killed
Five members of an Amish family were injured in Clarion, and the horse drawing their buggy was killed by a ...
Mennonite group pushes for accepting gays
Mennonite Church USA is a Christian faith emphasizing peace that shares Anabaptist origins with the Amish. The church has about 109000 members in the United ...
Some Amish Lived It Up Until Hard Times Hit; Dinners Out and LED-Appointed Carriages
Dan Bontrager is a 54-year-old Amish man with flecks of gray in his long beard. He's also treasurer of the Tri-County Land Trust, an Amish lending cooperative created to support the Amish maxim that community enhances faith in God.
June 2009
EXCLUSIVE: Woman Says she had Relationship with Wayne County ...
A woman who does not want to be identified, says she had a relationship with Eli Weaver, the Amish man accused of playing a role in ...
Samuel Brenneman is Morley an Amish boy critically hurt when driver hits ...
State troopers in Reed City said he was one of four family members in the Amish buggy when a Big Rapids man driving a Saturn north on 155th Avenue struck ...
Driver of horse & buggy leads NY deputies on chase
A 20-year-old western New York man is accused of leading deputies on a three-mile, off-road chase through Amish country in a horse and buggy. ...
May 2009
The Amish people were friendly - warm and welcoming. While they smile and cheerfully greet a reporter with "of course I will answer questions," it is ...
Weekend turns into nightmare for Yoders
"They weren't going to find much jewelry in an Amish house." The robbers did take some cash and a couple of Yoder's guns. Yoder said the gunmen had their ...
Amish Families Flock To Unemployment Lines
The economy in Indiana is forcing some Amish families to get in line for unemployment. Applying for help from the government goes against what they believe, ...
2 Amish families locked out of homes in sewage dispute
were the second of two Amish families evicted by the county for refusing to make improvements to their outdoor toilets. Earlier in the day, ...
Amish to be evicted over sewage issue
The Amish can purge themselves of the contempt order by meeting guidelines of his Jan. 28 order, directing them to obtain necessary building and sewage ...
The Amish are a very rich and important part of our culture in the Susquehanna Valley. It is bad enough that they have to tolerate the noise, ...
Money or tradition: Amish face uneasy dilemma
"We prefer to supply ourselves, but I told people that if they have no other option and no other way to make ends meet then they can take it," said Paul Hochstetler, bishop of an Amish district east of Goshen.
The Old-Fashioned Pleasures of a Quiet Place in Amish Indiana
Long before my grandfather was drawn to these glacial lakes and rolling plains, the Amish came for the abundance of inexpensive timberland and rich, ...
April 2009
Couple saved after buggy plunges into river
Indiana Conservation officers are investigating a horse-drawn buggy accident in Ligonier Tuesday night. It happened just before seven ...
Missing Amish girl may be with sex offender
A 16-year-old girl listed as runaway from a Jefferson County Amish community may have left with a man who is named ...
Missing Amish girl may 'turn English'
State police are seeking help in finding a 16-year-old Amish girl who went missing, possibly to flee her Jefferson ...
Illinois Amish parents tell documentary producer to 'skip town'
Amber Kauffman, director of the center, received numerous phone calls and met with several Amish people concerned about a producer from London-based Keo ...
March 2009
Yoder chasing bull-riding dream
He was raised in an Amish community and bull riding was not originally in the plans of Yoder and his family. "I rode horses all my life in an Amish ...
British crew seeks Amish youth for documentary
Interested in looking at their own culture through another culture's eyes, a British film crew is looking to recruit six young Amish people to spend several weeks in England to stay with local families and offer insights for a documentary film.
4 Amish youth in crash reportedly going through rumspringa
Four Amish teenagers reportedly going through a period called "rumspringa," which allows them to drive ...
Vandals splatter Amish buggy with paintballs
An Amish family was unnerved Sunday night when someone in a car shot at their buggy with paintballs, state police said. ...
Amish boy still doing well, back home
The family of Eli Hershberger, a young Amish boy who underwent court-ordered surgery to repair a heart defect, is leaving St. ...
Cell phone become popular with Amish
Amish who have joined the church can't own cell phones, but they don't usually join until their early 20s. Until then they are permitted to own cell phones, ...
Middlefield: Runaway buggy has one-year-old on board
Thursday provided a terrifying moment for a local amish mother as a runaway buggy sped away with her one-year-old son inside. ...
Cambria County sheriff's deputies, acting on a judge's order, on Wednesday padlocked an Amish school and its two outhouses ...
Pa. farmer citing conservative Amish beliefs sentenced to 90 days ...
A western Pennsylvania Amish farmer was ordered to spend 90 days in jail after refusing to bring a pair of outhouses into compliance with state sewage laws. ...
The-Daily-Record.com - British crew seeks Amish youth for documentary
Interested in looking at their own culture through another culture's eyes, a British film crew is looking to recruit six young Amish people to spend several weeks in England to stay with local families and offer insights ...
February 2009
Amish family dead after apparent murder-suicide near Millersburg
The Mullets are members of the Old Order Amish church and a joint funeral service will be held Friday at 9 am in the home of the couple's daughter and ...
Family escapes house fire unharmed
An Amish family near Devon escaped uninjured from a fire which engulfed the backside of their house on Tuesday morning. ...
Pickup Truck Collides with Amish Buggy
US 20 was closed for approximately two hours this morning when an Amish buggy was struck by a pickup truck sending its three occupants ...
Don't fall for that Amish heater if you want to save money
It's easy to get suckered into buying something from the Amish. They make great quilts, everything is made by hand, and their pies are to die for. ...
Amish Man Charged For Molesting His 3 Daughters
An Amish man, charged with molesting 3 of his daughters, learned his fate today from a judge in ...
January 2009
Recession also slices Amish sawmills
Many Amish mills have temporarily closed or cut back their hours. Amish millworkers have lost their steady jobs. "People who don't have work right now are ...
Gingerich brother convicted, faces prison
An ongoing battle inside a northern Crawford County Amish enclave could prove costly for one of the combatants. ...
Amish man chooses jail in sewage dispute
Krumenacker previously had said that the sewage laws are designed to protect people from risks of contamination, pollution and disease. ...
Horse Rescued From Icy Lawrence County Lake
Three Amish boys and a group of volunteer firefighters had to cut a channel through the ice just to get to the struggling animal. ...
2 brothers found dead inside home --
Police in Noble County are investigating the deaths of two Amish boys. The 12- and 14-year-old boys were found in the basement of ...
New York: Leave the Amish Alone (and us, too, while you're at it ...
Why is it so important that these people be removed from their own homes that it couldn't wait at least until after the federal suit? As I spelled out above, I do have my own theories on that... but it would be nice to hear what the ...
What Can U.S. Automakers Learn From The Amish?
Any interest in signing up for that Amish SEO company? How about an Amish fast food joint? Me neither, there are other people who do those things better. There are auto manufacturers who make better high end performance sedans (BMW) and ...
Amish man may get jail for outhouse
Both sides believed they could settle on simple treatment options that the Amish wouldn't deem offensive or improper. But necessary changes have apparently ...
Amid layoffs, Amish turn to home business
And it's a trend that many people would like to see continue. The Economic Development Corporations of Elkhart and LaGrange counties have formed a committee that includes Amish and non-Amish business leaders to promote that ...
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