Amish in the News

ASHLAND, OH — A group of eight Amish people refused to pay their fines for their violations of Ohio's new buggy law in a fines and costs hearing in Ashland Municipal Court on Thursday.

LAUREL COUNTY, KY - Crews responded to a fire along Callahan Road in Laurel County on Tuesday.

In the wake of flash floods and tornadoes that have devastated Kentucky over the last few years, several meteorologists and emergency management directors are working to make sure communities that shun some forms of technology for religious purposes

ROCHESTER It is perhaps not surprising the fascination that exists for Eddie Swartzentrubers story, a one-time Amish youth who fled his Harmony-based religious community to live a new life in the modern world.

ROSE - It was a labor of love, for the Amish and their Englisher friends and neighbors.

Eli Yoder left the Old Order Amish way of life when he was 18-years-old, after getting caught riding a bicycle.

The Daviess County Commissioners unanimously approved an increase for buggy plates in the county next year.

Joanna Yoder is hopeful that a new Lifetime film will raise awareness on a case she’s been attempting to spotlight for years.

NICKEL MINES, PA — Sunday, Oct. 2, marks 16 years since the shooting at an Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Lancaster County that killed five girls.

In less than a minute, shortly after 6 p.m. on Sept. 1, 2021, a tornado spawned from the remnants of Hur­ricane Ida devastated Wellacrest Farms, the largest dairy farm in New Jersey.

A homecoming celebration was held in Holden, Missouri, Saturday, for a little girl injured in a horse and buggy crash.

News sometimes travels very fast among Amish folks! So perhaps you’ve already heard about the Johnsonburg Awakening. I’ve been blessed to have witnessed it from the day it began, which was January 31st of this year.

A mid-Michigan organic dairy farm is fighting state safety regulators, five years after a 19-year-old family member was fatally electrocuted while removing a metal pole from a grain bin.

A new Ohio law requiring Amish buggies and other animal-drawn vehicles to display a yellow flashing light while driving on public streets goes into effect Aug. 31.

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KANSAS CITY, MO - A teen from Jamesport, Missouri, needs a new heart.

AUBURN, IN – Leaders in DeKalb County are looking at a buggy tax.

Eddie Swartzentruber was just 17 years old when he abandoned the only way of life he had ever known. Now, at 25, Swartzentruber is a business owner who has started to blow up on TikTok after sharing why he left the Amish community.

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.

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...

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...

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.