Amish News Archives

We had our first snow on Oct. 15, which was very early for around here. It didn't stay too long, but one of the girls said, "Oh good, now we don't have to rake leaves!" Everything is in its autumn splendor.

Fannie J. Schwartz, 47, charged last week with two felony counts Fannie J. Schwartz, 47, a member of Seymour's Highway A Amish community, was charged this past Thursday with two counts of the Class C felony of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, according to John Tyrrell, chief assistant prosecutor for Webster County Prosecuting ...

Ohio is home to the world's largest Amish community. Although there are small communities of Amish scattered around the state the largest concentration is located near Holmes County, above and to the east of Columbus.

Drum roll, please : I finished the rough draft of GRANDMA GENE on Friday. It is completely and totally stinky.

Amish romance novels are hot-selling items in book stores across the nation. So hot even the Wall Street Journal recently ran a front page story on the explosion.

Miriam Miller, because she's Old Order Amish, lives without electricity. As a result, the kitchen in her tidy two-story house on a small farm in the heart of Ohio's Amish country is dimly lit on a rainy Friday afternoon.

A rare genetic abnormality found in people in an insular Amish community protects them from heart disease, a discovery that could lead to new drugs to prevent heart ailments, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

We won't be doing laundry today, as we usually do on Mondays. It is a chilly and cloudy morning.

A 5-year-old Amish girl remained in critical condition Tuesday evening after the buggy in which she was riding was involved in a crash with a tanker.

We had our first snow on October 15, which was very early for around here. It didn't stay too long but one of the girls said "oh, good, now we don't have to rake leaves!" Our trees are losing leaves fast and once again we are seeing the beautiful artwork of our Master Artist as the colors really are pretty.

MARTINSBURG - A 5-year-old Utica-area Amish girl was in critical condition Tuesday evening after the buggy she was riding in was involved in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday morning in Knox County.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:32 AM WCLT News Staff The State Patrol says that US Route 62 in Knox County is closed at Deal Road, following an injury accident involving a semi and Amish buggy.

Two Amish women are recovering with only scrapes and bruises after a drunk driver hit the buggy they were riding in from behind Saturday night.

Webster County Sheriff Roy Cole said today that Amish church leaders may face charges for not reporting child abuse after a father reportedly confessed in church two years ago.

A day in our lives: 2:45 a.m. We are up earlier than usual. My husband, Joe, will ride in to work with a vanload of men from our community.

Members of the local Amish community attend the funeral of Ezra T. Yoder, 7, who was killed in an accident on Saturday.

A 63-year-old Camden man has been charged with DWI and leaving the scene of a property damage accident after he allegedly hit an Amish buggy and then left the scene Saturday evening.

Nestled in Ohio's Amish country, Bill Belden's 124-year-old family owned brick company has thrived on the region's rich red clay and shale, and cheap energy from abundant coal.

It's 7:30 a.m. and a total of 34 mostly "Prime Timers" are gathered at Marion First Church of the Nazarene parking lot for a bus and van for a September trip to the east into Amish country.

Meleanie Hain, the soccer mom who openly sported a holstered Glock 26 at a daughter's games, and her husband, Scott, were found dead of gunshot wounds last night at their Lebanon, Pa., home, according to police.

We are harvesting a lot of sweet corn from our garden. My husband, Joe, planted quite a bit the first week of July.

Swooping into Lanesboro on Minnesota Highway 16, I nearly rear-ended a black, horse-drawn buggy.

We are harvesting lots and lots of sweet corn from our garden. My husband Joe planted quite a bit the first week of July.

Those counting calories would be foolhardy to visit Ohio's Amish Country, which spreads across the rolling hills of Holmes and Wayne counties in northeast Ohio.

October 2, 2006: Charles Carl Roberts IV ruthlessly murders five young girls and wounds five more.