Amish in the News
A truck driver is convicted in the fatal shooting of an Amish woman in her Pennsylvania home
| June 12, 2025MEADVILLE, PA - A jury convicted a 53-year-old truck driver Thursday of shooting to death a pregnant Amish woman inside her rural Pennsylvania home early last year.
'Miracle that they're still alive': Tornado devastates Amish family of 11 in Washington County
| May 30, 2025WASHINGTON COUNTY, KY — An EF-2 tornado tore through Washington County early Friday morning, killing one person and injuring 14 others.
Man jailed in Amish holdups facing more charges
| May 19, 2025A West Middlesex man incarcerated in Mercer County for reportedly holding up Amish buggies at gunpoint is facing new charges in Lawrence County for writing a bad check.
Amish community packs Pomeroy, Ohio, courtroom as disturbing murder case advances
| May 13, 2025POMEROY, OH A Pomeroy courtroom was packed with members of Amish community as an unusually disturbing murder case advanced though Ohios court system.
Legions of Amish Come to Help Rebuild NC Town: ‘It’s Fun Making a Difference’
| April 25, 2025For the towns along Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction through North Carolina, rebuilding homes and stores takes time.
Amish education: After eight years in school, plain life begins with service to community
| April 24, 2025By the flicker of a candle or lantern, children gather textbooks and lunch pails for their morning journey down country roads to primitive schoolhouses.
Amish buggies targeted in armed robberies: Police
| March 31, 2025An armed man allegedly robbed two Amish buggies in western Pennsylvania, according to police.
Two people saved by Amish horse and buggy after vehicle submerged in Kentucky flood waters
| March 19, 2025A Kentucky area couple is thankful to be alive thanks to a nearby Amish community.
The Amish lawsuit in Ohio over buggy lights
| March 10, 2025A traffic law in Ohio is being challenged by some members of the Amish community. The law, passed about two years ago, requires animal-drawn vehicles to display a flashing yellow light to increase visibility in an effort to prevent traffic accidents.
‘Going with God,’ conservative Amish sue Ohio over lights law
| February 24, 2025In the 1960s, the Swartzentrubers — one of the most conservative subgroups of Old Order Amish — worked out a deal with the Ohio government.
As more Amish move into rural Virginia, crashes between buggies and motor vehicles are on the rise. Finding a solution is compl
| February 20, 2025When the buggies started arriving at the accident scene, Cumberland County Sheriff Darrell Hodges feared that a confrontation was about to erupt.
Ex-Amish Woman Exposes Years of Systematic Abuse
| February 14, 2025IN THIS powerful memoir, former Amish community member Lizzy Hershberger breaks her silence about the systematic abuse she endured and her journey to justice.
Asheville Answers: Amish, Mennonite groups responding to Helene? What were they working on?
| February 7, 2025Question: I've been seeing posts online about how groups of Amish and Mennonite volunteers have come down to help build homes in Western North Carolina. Is this true?
Asheville Answers: Amish, Mennonite groups responding to Helene? What were they working on?
| February 7, 2025Question: I've been seeing posts online about how groups of Amish and Mennonite volunteers have come down to help build homes in Western North Carolina. Is this true?
Woman steals Amish horse and buggy from Michigan Walmart parking lot: Police
| January 24, 2025STURGIS, MI - A Michigan woman was arrested after officials said she stole a horse and Amish buggy from a Walmart parking lot.
Amish Volunteers Come To Boone To Help With Post-Helene Recovery Project
| December 23, 2024The Amish have long been known and respected for their workmanship, and many of us have seen them in their element while visiting Ohio’s Holmes County and the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area.
Flashing lights too flashy for some Amish. Old order challenges new Ohio buggy law
| December 1, 2024The Swartzentruber Amish are suing to overturn Ohio's new traffic law that requires animal-drawn buggies to have yellow flashing lights, saying the law conflicts with the First Amendment protecting their religious expression.
Grant Awarded to Help Reduce Amish Buggy Crashes
| November 25, 2024A $70,000 federal highway-safety grant has been awarded to the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Health Agency in an effort to reduce vehicle crashes with Amish buggies.
How Trump won Pennsylvania’s Amish vote — with the help of missionaries and Elon Musk
| November 12, 2024Republicans seek votes among Pa. Amish, who rarely cast them
| October 29, 2024Do Amish vote? That depends
| October 23, 202411 in Amish family, including 1-year-old, hospitalized after eating 'toxic mushrooms'
| October 14, 2024Eleven members of an Amish family - including a 1-year-old - were hospitalized in Pennsylvania Friday night after ingesting wild, "toxic mushrooms," local authorities said.
Prime Crime: Young Mennonite Woman Hunted Down and Executed Over Her Faith
| October 12, 2024Sasha Krause mysteriously disappeared after heading off to church in January 2020. The Mennonite woman and Sunday school teacher was missing for five weeks until a camper made a shocking discovery.
Police look to prevent more horse-drawn buggy crashes on New York roads
| September 20, 2024While they are not as common as regular vehicle crashes, when a horse-drawn buggy is hit by car, or when the horse is just spooked by one, the results are likely to be deadly.
Lawsuit: Former Amish woman claims Kansas City-area chiropractor sexually abused her
| September 18, 2024A former Amish woman claims a Kansas City-area chiropractor sexually abused her when she was a teenager.
Rosanna King, Survivor of Deadly 2006 Amish Schoolhouse Shooting, Dies at 23
| September 5, 2024A 23-year-old survivor of the 2006 Pennsylvania school shooting that took place at an Amish schoolhouse has died, nearly 18 years after the shooting occurred.
Harvard Law School defends Amish
| August 27, 2024Swartzentruber sect refuses flashing lights on buggies but won’t take the matter to court. For lawyers and students at Harvard, it’s a valid religious-freedom case.
Sauk County Sheriff: Harassment of Amish led to Reedsburg football games canceled
| August 27, 2024SAUK COUNTY, WI - Nine juveniles from the Reedsburg area have been cited for disorderly conduct related to multiple reports of harassing behavior toward members of the Amish community.
Your new neighbors may drive a buggy — Ohio’s Amish population is growing
| May 28, 2024Ohio’s Amish population is on the rise and up nearly 10,000 people in the past five years alone, according to data collected by the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College.
Rare genetic mutation in Amish population linked to ‘bad’ cholesterol levels
| May 28, 2024Low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, is commonly called “bad” cholesterol since high levels of LDL contribute to a higher risk of coronary heart disease.
