Shawn Cranston was sentenced Monday to two life terms for the killing of Crawford County, Pennsylvania Amish woman Rebekah Byler and her unborn child. Following a four-day trial in June, Cranston was swiftly convicted for the murders of Byler and her unborn girl. Now Cranston will spend the rest of his life in prison for his crimes. From the report: The Corry man who killed…
Yesterday evening (July 24), a man (allegedly) driving under the influence hit a buggy in Bath County, Kentucky – and fled. Three Amish children were left lying on the road, injured. From WKYT: SHARPSBURG, Ky. (WKYT) – A Kentucky man is behind bars after an alleged hit-and-run crash with an Amish buggy. Kentucky State Police arrested Ricardo Geronimo Salas, 21, on Thursday. In an arrest…
I want to share a remarkable set of photos captured by Don Burke. Here we see an Amish family in Jamesport, Missouri enjoying a buggy race. So right off the bat: you might be thinking, “is that safe?” Don has addressed that (below). I actually posted one of these photos on Facebook a week or so back. One commenter called buggy racing on the road…
This case came on the radar last year in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Over a single week, several Amish businesses – along with non-Amish churches – were burglarized in a series of crimes in this heavily-Amish corner of PA. Now, police believe they have their culprit. From WFMJ: MERCER, Pa. – A Mercer man faces nineteen charges, including arson and burglary, after a series of alleged…
The Delaware News Journal is running a great collection of vintage photos of Amish life (link at bottom) in Lancaster County, PA and in the Dover, Delaware community. These photos date back decades and all are in black-and-white. I’ve pulled a few samples to share with you, but you’ll find all of them at the link at the end of this post. It’s always neat…
UPDATE: We first heard this short clip of “Roses in the Snow” (see below) back in July. Ben & Rose have now released the full song – as the first track on their debut album. You’ll find that at the end of this post. Ben and Rose are just out with a teaser of a new song they’re working on called “Roses in the Snow”….
CLAYTON, NEW YORK: Two Amish people were injured Friday morning when their buggy was rear-ended. This happened in Jefferson County, New York, home to an Amish community of several hundred people. From the WWNY report: Two Amish people get hurt after their horse-drawn buggy was hit by a car this morning. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department says that car was driven by Tracy Warren of…
An Amish man has gone missing in central Pennsylvania’s Blair County. He was last seen yesterday (Thursday, June 17) and this is story is just breaking. From WTAJ: TYRONE, Pa. (WTAJ) — Multiple organizations are searching for a missing Amish man in the Sinking Valley area Friday. Pennsylvania State Police (PSP), Lost and Hound and Heaven Sent all have dogs in the area searching for…
This is a neat, quite new property – tucked away in a corner of Amish Virginia. I’m calling it a “Mini-barndominium” because it’s described as a barndominium – but it’s just a one bedroom, one-bathroom home. Compared to the much larger Kentucky Amish barndominium home we saw recently, you can notice the difference. But that one was for a much larger family, and this is…
This latest Michigan Amish buggy crash happened this morning a little while after 9 AM. Two Amish children, ages 9 and 11, were seriously injured. From WNEM: ISABELLA CO., Mich. (WNEM) – Police are investigating a crash involving an Amish horse drawn carriage and a Chevy pickup truck that occurred in Isabella County. The crash happened on Wednesday, July 16 at around 9:17 a.m. on…