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. I happened to be on vacation at the time, and still remember how I learned about what happened – seeing the front page news complete with photo of…
Yet another tragic accident out of the Lancaster County community. This one happened a week ago, with new details emerging recently. A four-year-old Amish boy was killed by a tractor-trailer in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania last month. The child was walking to a farm across the road to help with farm work, according to state police. The crash happened around 12:25 p.m. on September 24…
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. They’re headed about 30 miles north to the Nicholas Stoltzfus Homestead in Wyomissing, Berks County – a two-day trip with an overnight campout along the way. LNP | LancasterOnline reported from the start of the trek, a mile or so…
We’ve been following the story of Amish Acres, in Nappanee, Indiana, and its repeatedly delayed full re-opening, for some time now. The latest stage saw the property being purchased by a man named Brad Juneau, who took it over in October 2025, pledging to return it to something like its previous form. But a full reopening was delayed multiple times for various reasons, and last…
If you’re like me, household bills have a way of creeping up on you. A few dollars here, a subscription there…and a year later your monthly tab has ballooned – without any big obvious things having changed. I’m always careful not to recommend “just copy what the Amish do.” There are plenty of problems with that advice, broadly speaking, and Amish communities and families can…
A 16-year-old Amish boy has died after a farm accident in Sanilac County, Michigan. He was baling hay Monday when one of his horses spooked and the wagon flipped over on top of him. The Michigan State Police 3rd District news release explains what happened: Caro Post troopers are investigating a tragic farming accident that claimed the life of a 16-year-old Amish boy on September…
Another tragic crash, this time out of Illinois. A 29-year-old Amish schoolteacher was killed Tuesday morning in a buggy crash in Wayne County, Illinois. Two of her students were riding with her. They were flown to a hospital with serious injuries. The crash was reported at around 7:09 a.m. on County Highway 16, west of the village of Johnsonville, according to WFIW radio in Fairfield….
State Police have identified the two children killed in last Friday’s buggy crash in Oswego County, New York. It turns out that they are brother and sister. Anna J. Hershberger, 13, and Moses J. Hershberger, 7, were pronounced dead at the scene. There is a bit of good news in the new reports: a 9-year-old girl who was critically injured is now listed in stable…
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. Here’s more from CBS21: LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Police are looking for a man who reportedly stole over $80K in tools from various construction sites between February and July in Lancaster County….
Illinois is home to America’s tenth-largest Amish population. Over 9,000 Amish live in around 20 settlements across the state, though more than six in ten of them live in just one community. These ten communities are the largest in Illinois, based on the most current Amish population estimates. Population numbers via Young Center for Anabaptist & Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College (source link at bottom)….