This stomach-turning story is just appearing on news feeds. Yesterday, a young Amish boy apparently escaped an abduction attempt in Juniata County, Pennsylvania. The alleged abductor is still at large. More from ABC 27: JUNIATA COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A boy in Juniata County was able to get away from a man who forced him into a vehicle on Tuesday, Pennsylvania State Police say. State…
Jim Halverson sends along a few fun photos from this past Saturday evening in northern Indiana. Basically, some shots of open buggies filled with Amish youth. They all seem to be having a blast, and happily waving to the camera. Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon/evening are the times you’ll see a lot of youth out and about in many Amish communities. And, if some who…
Here’s a song from Third Fret Harmony which dates back a couple of years. This is from the time when they were recording songs live on their own, prior to making produced studio music. But it’s a neat one to see as it includes all three siblings in the group – Mike, Marty, and Rose from Ben and Rose. The song is a cover of…
That buggy and debris trail look pretty bad. Fortunately, the Amish victim’s injuries are called “non-life-threatening”. Hopefully the same can be said for the horse, but that’s less clear (more on that below). This happened yesterday (Friday, September 12) in a community in Aroostook County, Maine. This massive county is home to no less than four separate Amish settlements. This happened in the Amish settlement…
In an article for Ashland County Pictures, Joe Lyons gives a poignant look at an Amish funeral from an outside observer’s eyes. That’s paired with some beautiful photos of the procession to the cemetery. This procession happened on State Route 96 in Ashland County. The area outside the city of Ashland is home to a sizable Amish settlement. The procession of buggies, vans, and people…
Maybe you’ve seen it as well – an Amish buggy blowing through a stop sign. A woman named Katrina recently noticed just that – in fact, she witnessed two Amish buggies running stop signs in her Missouri community. So she submitted a simple question to a local news station: “Are Amish buggies required to follow the laws of the road?” Here’s the reporting from station…
Due to the unusual nature of the Amish population, they frequently serve as a source for medical discoveries, especially related to genetic research. These can be discoveries on the “positive” side – such as the gene mutation in one Amish community which accounts for an over 10% longer lifespan, or one linked to lower levels of heart disease. They can also be about negative health…
Not your everyday story here, but one that hopefully will have a happy ending soon. This story comes to us from Christian County, Kentucky – a county with a significant presence of both Amish and Mennonites. A lost pony – which happens to have only one eye – is currently waiting in temporary digs for its owner to come forward and claim it. From Christian…
Back in August, we learned that over 5,000 lbs of cheese produced by Middlefield Original – a Geauga County, Ohio co-op comprised almost entirely of Amish farmers – were potentially contaminated with listeria. That announcement covered a total of five cheese products which were produced in June and July, and distributed in Ohio in July and August. Now comes news that the recall has been…
It’s looking like Amish and Mennonite investors are once again victims in a big investment fraud case. It was reported last week that Lancaster County, PA businessman Daryl Heller is being charged by the US Department of Justice with multiple counts of fraud – for his role in an ATM investment operation being described as a Ponzi scheme. From the report at Reuters: A Pennsylvania man…