Amish America

We now know more about what the person who (allegedly) attempted to kidnap a 23-year-old Amish woman Wednesday did.

A truly disturbing incident happened yesterday in the Lancaster County Amish community, and police are asking for the public’s help.

For this latest Amish home we look north of the border – at just the second Canadian Amish home we’ve seen here.

Plain People in Maryland are getting stopped in their tracks by a tech roadblock when trying to pay their taxes.

A month after a pickup truck struck an Amish buggy outside Canton, New York, killing a grandmother and her young grandson, one woman from the buggy is still in intensive care, and tragically, there has been a third fatal victim – a pregnant woman has lost…

Ben & Rose have their latest new song out, a cover of “Will You Travel Down This Road With Me?”

Just a tragic and sad story.

Days after a wreck left two Amish women in critical condition in southern Michigan, another Amish woman is the victim in a buggy crash in the state.

It’s been nearly one year since an Amish family’s home and cabinet business in Geauga County, Ohio was invaded and robbed, with a man brutally assaulted, and with the perpetrators attempting to kidnap his young son.

Roberta Devers, a midwife of 38 years who serves many Amish mothers in Lancaster County, wants Pennsylvania to let midwives give the measles vaccine.

A Lancaster County, Pennsylvania fire station served over 1,000 Amish wedding dinners on Saturday.

This is our third look this year at an Amish property in the Randolph community of Pontotoc County, Mississippi.

Two Amish women from Montgomery, Michigan, ages 50 and 19, were airlifted from the scene after an SUV rear-ended their buggy Monday morning in Hillsdale County.

Another popular Amish business has been lost to fire.

A Lancaster County Amish dog breeder who killed four unsold Sheepadoodle puppies in 2023 has been sentenced to seven years of probation, and no jail time.

It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since the events of October 2, 2006, when a mentally disturbed milk truck driver entered the West Nickel Mines school in Lancaster County and took five Amish girls’ lives.

Yet another tragic accident out of the Lancaster County community.

A few dozen Amish people set out by horse and wagon from a Leacock Township farm in Lancaster County on Thursday, on a commemorative journey.

We’ve been following the story of Amish Acres, in Nappanee, Indiana, and its repeatedly delayed full re-opening, for some time now.

Household bills have a way of creeping up on you.

A 16-year-old Amish boy has died after a farm accident in Sanilac County, Michigan.

Another tragic crash, this time out of Illinois.

State Police have identified the two children killed in last Friday’s buggy crash in Oswego County, New York.

Pennsylvania State Police are searching for a man they say stole more than $82,000 worth of power tools from construction sites across Lancaster County — and many of the victims were Amish.

Illinois is home to America’s tenth-largest Amish population.

This week’s Amish home is located in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

More awful news out of New York.

The Grant County, Wisconsin Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to watch out for a runaway Amish horse.

“Far Side Banks of Jordan” is a gospel song many may know from funeral or memorial services.

New details have been released on a deadly September 13 buggy crash in St.

Jim Halverson is back with another set of photos taking you inside a fun Amish event.

There are currently two quite well-known Lovinas of an Amish background.

Some good news out of the Clarita, Oklahoma Amish community.

Two Amish communities in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota say the county’s building permit rules discriminate against their religious beliefs — and they’re threatening to sue if it isn’t fixed.

Four Amish children were injured Thursday afternoon when a motor vehicle attempting to pass their buggy hit it as it turned.

A three-year-old boy died Tuesday after being run over by a forklift at the Lancaster County farm where he lived – one day after a 16-year-old was killed in a fall from a horse-drawn wagon in the same township (Leacock).

Jim Halverson checks back in with some scenes from an Amish fish fry that took place last weekend in Topeka, Indiana.

Amish retreat leader Sam Shetler has again been denied bond — with the judge finding that the danger to witnesses and alleged victims cannot be addressed by any conditions of release.

In today’s guest post, Fred Hendricks shares a closer look at Weaver Wagons, an Ohio Amish-owned wagon and carriage business.

Another tragic farm accident in Amish Country.

Two people were killed and several others seriously hurt Sunday afternoon when a pickup truck and an Amish buggy collided in the town of Canton in St.

Adding another layer to the ongoing measles story, Amish parents in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania have spoken to local station CBS 21 about their families’ vaccination decisions.

Ben & Rose are out with a new song, called “Simple Love”.

I’ll start by saying that I love this week’s home.

Today we’re back with the follow-up to last week’s piece by Haley Straw, “An Amish Department Store Without Walls.”

A mother was airlifted with traumatic injuries and five other members of her family were taken to hospitals after a Jeep SUV struck their horse-drawn buggy Saturday in Coffey County, Kansas.

The Amish-owned Rustic Ridge Variety Store burned to the ground back in April in a community in Lewis County, Missouri.

An everyday bodily function is being blamed for a crash which has claimed the life of a 37-year-old Amish woman in Monroe County, Wisconsin.

An Amish family of seven suffered injuries, some of them serious, when a driver rear-ended their buggy Sunday night in Coal County, Oklahoma.

Martyrs Mirror, a massive tome telling the stories of 16th-century Anabaptist martyrs, along with earlier Christian ones, is one of the most important books in Amish homes.