Place: Kalona, Iowa.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Kalona churches.
Commentary: Ring the bell: Spreading the news in Amish country.
By Mary Swander.
Iowa Capital Dispatch.
I drove down the blacktop road, my car filled with lively Amish children, nine-year-old Leah in the front seat with three little boys — 4, 5, and 6 – in the back. I had everyone strapped in, the seat belts almost strangling them, but the atmosphere in the car was celebratory, the children giggling and squiggling against their restraints. We were off to tell the grandparents and great-grandparents the good news of the day.I am not a regular driver for the Amish, someone who makes her living taking them to dentist appointments or special shopping trips. Rather, I am a neighbor who helps out in emergencies. My calls usually center around broken machinery, serious illness, injury or death. Just two years ago, I drove this same route around the countryside bearing the news of a stillborn for this very same family. I pulled into the lanes of the grandparents, then the uncles and aunts, informing them of the tragic loss.
For more information:https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/12/02/ring-the-bell-spreading-the-news-in-amish-country/
Place: Arcola, Illinois.
Group: Ex-Old Order Amish- mainline.
Name Dropping | Growing up Amish, Schrock reaching for her goal later in life.
By DAVE HINTON.November 25, 2024.The News-Gazette.
It’s not often a student becomes a “personal hero” of a school official.
To Lake Land College Adult Education Transition Coordinator Mariah White-Landrus, Gertie Schrock is no ordinary student.“I just adore her,” White-Landrus said. “We could not have had a better student win the award.”The award is the Lake Land College Non-traditional Student of the Year. Schrock is a 60-year-old Tuscola resident who is reaching for her dreams later in life.Schrock has not had an easy time of it.For more information:
Place: Spartansburg, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss.
Man dies following crash on Route 77.
By Rebekah Wallace.The Corry Journal.
Nov 30, 2024.
A man succumbed to injuries received during a car-versus-buggy crash that took place at the intersection of Route 77 and Britton Run Road on Nov. 15.Chris Byler, 61, was pronounced dead at 6:04 p.m. at UPMC Hamot hospital in Erie on Nov. 23. Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook stated the death was ruled accidental due to complications of blunt force trauma to the head.The incident occurred as Byler was attempting to cross Britton Run Road heading north and failed to observe a 2014 Ford F-150 traveling eastbound on Route 77. The Ford struck Byler’s buggy, which came to final rest on the north side of the highway off the westbound lane of travel. The Ford came to final rest in the northbound lane of Britton Run Road.Byler had suffered injury during the crash and was transported to UPMC Hamot via ambulance for treatment. State police did not identify the Ford’s driver, but stated the individual was not injured. For more information:
Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Lancaster churches.
Deep in Amish country, women in white hats and aprons churn out Pepe Saya butter.
By Liz Gooch.November 29, 2024.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Good Weekend Magazine.
Amish country in Pennsylvania. “We choose to use a horse and buggy because it makes us slow down,” says one local.In a small room chilled to 12 degrees, three women wearing black aprons over ankle-length dresses, their hair pinned up under white cloth caps, are listening intently to a man wearing his own white cap. Behind them, a window frames a canopy of vivid autumn leaves, a sea of golds and reds falling on lush green farmland like a landscape painting. Cornfields and rust-coloured barns, the type you see in American children’s books and movies, are scattered throughout the surrounding countryside.In what they call the “butter room”, the man delicately drops creamy balls of freshly churned butter into glass jars before smothering them in maple syrup. “You want to top it up and put the lid on really tight,” he says. “You all need to take this home! You all need to tell me what you think – have pancakes for breakfast!”For more information:https://www.smh.com.au/national/deep-in-amish-country-women-in-white-hats-and-aprons-churn-out-pepe-saya-butter-20241106-p5koae.html
Place: Seymour, Misosuri.
Group: Old Order Amish- Highway A and C groups.
Seymour man asks local drivers to respect Amish.
November 27, 2024.
Editor, Webster County Citizen:
This letter regards sharing the road with the Amish.
First off, let’s talk school zones! Our Seymour Amish community chooses to teach their own children. In most cases, their schools are located on county (gravel) roads, which have a speed limit of 55 miles per hour. The exception is the school located at State Highway C and Pleasant Valley Road. This school house has one sign indicating school, although no indication to slow your speeds. Please use good judgment and common courtesy in these areas. These Amish children don’t use school buses; they walk these roads to and from school. I’m sure you wouldn’t like it if you or your children had to walk on the shoulder of the road and a speeding car zoomed buy, narrowly missing you and throwing gravel and dust all over you. Please use caution and be courteous these are children.For more information:https://www.webstercountycitizen.com/opinion/article_aea79626-ac27-11ef-add1-57c68e9ae9c1.html
Place: Pennsylvania.
Group: Amish.
When it comes to elections, do NOT discount the rural vote.
Staff Report.Tri-State Alert. November 25, 2024, 1:41 pm.
CHAMBERSBURG – Even people without access to the internet or cell phones had quite a big say in this year’s presidential election.A recent report showed that it was the Pennsylvania Amish community that may have really helped swing PA for Donald Trump earlier this month.And it came down to a boots on the ground, door-to-door campaign that got them to the polls.For more information:https://tristatealert.com/when-it-comes-to-elections-do-not-discount-the-rural-vote/
Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania / Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Lancaster churches.
Scott Presler: The former provocateur claiming credit for swinging Pennsylvania to Trump.By Elle Reeve and Samantha Guff.CNN.
Published 6:00 AM EST, Tue November 26, 2024.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania CNN — Scott Presler has built a persona as a tall, very friendly, and gay face of the MAGA movement. His long brown hair flows past his shoulders, his cowboy boots accentuating his 6’5” frame. His profile on X lists his location as “Make Kindness Cool Again.” Last week he smiled for every photo and shook hands with every fan who followed him to a county commissioners’ meeting in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The meeting itself was less chipper, with Presler’s acolytes repeatedly shouting “TRAITOR!” at a Democratic official, but Presler himself stayed upbeat.For more information:
Place: St. Joseph / Branch Counties, Michigan.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Centerville churches / Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss, “Swiss”.Grant awarded to help reduce Amish buggy crashes.
November 25, 2024.WLKM.
A $70,000 federal highway-safety grant has been awarded to the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Health Agency in an effort to reduce vehicle crashes with Amish buggies.The goal, according to terms of the grant, is to reduce crashes by 15 percent over the next 10 months.
Place: Clare, Michigan.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Isaac churches.
Clare County driver airlifted after crash with Amish horse and buggy.
By: Ryan Jeltema Nov 18, 2024 Updated Dec 2, 2024.
CLARE COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - A 66-year-old man was airlifted to an area hospital after a crash involving an Amish horse and buggy running loose Friday evening.The Clare County Sheriff's Office says Richard Rodabaugh of Farwell was driving a Ford F-150 pickup truck south on Clare Avenue north of Dover Road in Grant Township around 7:25 p.m.He encountered the horse and buggy, which was unoccupied and moving northbound, and could not avoid a collision. The pickup truck slammed into the horse and buggy, causing serious injuries for Rodabaugh.For more information: https://www.abc12.com/news/local/clare-county-driver-airlifted-after-crash-with-amish-horse-and-buggy/article_a96c640c-a5ce-11ef-8042-536bd437f72c.html
Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Lancaster churches.
The GOP Courts an Unlikely Voting Bloc: the Amish.
Operatives are working around the Christian community’s lack of cellphones and cars to mobilize a conservative bloc for 2025 and beyond.By Kris Maher and David Luhnow.
Wall Street Journal.Nov. 23, 2024 5:30 am ET.
LANCASTER, Pa.—The Amish normally avoid the spotlight. But during the recent U.S. election, photos and videos went viral of Amish holding Trump 2024 signs, registering to vote and attending rallies in the weeks before they enthusiastically helped re-elect Donald Trump.Now, Republican organizers say the outreach to the so-called plain communities, including Amish voters in the rural patchwork of farms west of Philadelphia and north of Pittsburgh, was so successful that they are making them a permanent bloc of voters to court.For more information:https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/republican-amish-communities-pennsylvania-646d0f8f
Place: Pennsylvania.
Group: “Plain sect community” / Amish.
Too many dogs suffer because of the greed of breeders | Opinion.
Published: Nov. 25, 2024, 10:01 a.m.By: Guest Editorial.
PennLive.
I remember the first time I realized the issues within the canine breeding industry when my teacher told me a story about the old clinic where she used to work. She had said there was a 9-year-old chocolate lab rushed in for an emergency C-section when the staff insisted the dog be spayed, but the owner refused. The owner was planning to continue to breed this dog even though they were fully aware her death, along with the puppies, may result.For more information:https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2024/11/too-many-dogs-suffer-because-of-the-greed-of-breeders-opinion.html
Place: Kenton, Ohio.
Group: Old Order Amish- Kenton; Old Order Amish- Swartzentruber.
Judge issues restraining order over flashing light for Amish vehicles.
By ALEC KELLER.Posted on November 27, 2024.Kenton Times.
Four Amish plaintiffs, represented by Taft Law and Harvard University Law School, requested an injunction to halt enforcement of a new state law. Passed in 2022, it requires animal-drawn vehicles to display a yellow flashing light.At Tuesday afternoon’s hearing in the Hardin County Common Pleas Court, attorney Mason Laney argued on behalf of the Amish that the law infringes on their religious beliefs. For more information: https://www.kentontimes.com/localnews/judge-issues-restraining-order-over-flashing-light-for-amish-vehicles/
Place: Shipshewana, Indiana.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Elkhart-LaGrange churches.
Mennonite and Amish kinship: Chance circumstance leads Pembina Valley resident to a different (but vaguely familiar) world in Indiana.Written by Kylee Bailey.
Saturday, Nov 23 2024, 12:00 PM.Pembina Valley Online.
Local News.
“I find in life that when I see someone who seems so different from me, when I get to know them, we have a lot in common.”These are the words of Dave Stobbe, a resident of the Pembina Valley and a retired educator. He’s referencing a small Midwestern American town in Indiana named Shipshewana. At first glance, the town might not seem to have any immediate connections to Southern Manitoba, but the culture of the area shares a parallel with the Pembina Valley — Anabaptist roots. This foundation has resulted in some similarities between the regions. For more information:https://www.pembinavalleyonline.com/articles/mennonite-and-amish-kinship-c
Place: Windsor/Holden, Missouri.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline. Missouri drivers asked to be aware of ‘increased buggy traffic’ for Amish wedding.Morning Headlines: Nov. 13.
By Greg Dailey.Published: Nov. 13, 2024 at 10:35 AM EST
HOLDEN, Mo. (KCTV) - The wedding bells will ring on Wednesday in Johnson County, Missouri, and that could mean some traffic issues for Missouri drivers in the area.The sheriff’s office stated that a large Amish wedding with more than 450 attendees will take place in Holden.Law enforcement cautioned drivers to expect an increase in buggy traffic along Missouri Highway 58 and County Highways O and U.“Please exercise caution and be vigilant while driving in these areas to ensure the safety of everyone on the road. Let‘s all be patient and share the roads responsibly,” the sheriff’s office stated. For more information:https://www.kctv5.com/2024/11/13/missouri-drivers-asked-be-aware-increased-buggy-traffic-amish-wedding/
Place: Galia, Ohio.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss.
Crews respond to crash involving Amish buggy in Gallia County, Ohio.
by STAFF REPORTS.WCHS TV.Tuesday, November 12th 2024 at 4:26 PM.
GALLIA COUNTY, Ohio (WCHS) — Crews were called to a crash involving an Amish buggy Tuesday in Gallia County.The crash was reported about 3:40 p.m. along German Hollow Road near Hannan Trace Road, according to Ohio State Highway Patrol.Troopers said the crash was reported as involving a vehicle and an Amish buggy.No other details, including the extent of injuries, were immediately available. For more information: https://wchstv.com/news/local/crews-respond-to-crash-involving-amish-buggy-in-gallia-county-ohio
Place: Maryland.
Group: Amish (various).
Maryland State Highway Administration Says Be Mindful of Amish Wedding Traffic.
ANNAPOLIS, MD — The Maryland State Highway Administration is warning motorists of an increase in horse and buggy traffic in Southern and Western Maryland this month.Citing the fact that Maryland has a significant Amish population, especially in Southern and Western Maryland, the MSHA says, “November is the month that our Amish neighbors celebrate weddings. Generally, these occur on Tuesdays and Thursdays.”Please keep an eye out for an increased number of horse-drawn carriages when traveling on these days, warns the Highway Administration, asking motorists to slow down when you see signs indicating there is a known Amish population. For more information:
Place: Spartansburg, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss.
Horse-and-buggy driver injured in crash with pickup truck in eastern Crawford County.
State police said another buggy driver is facing DUI charges after entering crash scene on Route 77 in Sparta Township.Tim Hahn.Erie Times-News.
November 18, 2024.
SPARTANSBURG — A horse-and-buggy driver was sent to the hospital and another horse-and-buggy driver is facing a driving under the influence charge following a crash in eastern Crawford County on Friday night, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.The accident was reported on Friday at about 8:40 p.m. on Route 77 in Sparta Township. According to state police, a 61-year-old man was driving a horse and buggy and was attempting to cross Britton Run Road heading north when he failed to see a Ford F-150XLT approaching as it headed east on Route 77. The two vehicles collided.The driver of the buggy was taken to UPMC Hamot for treatment of unknown injuries, state police in Corry reported.As emergency responders were at the crash scene, a 19-year-old Spartansburg man driving a horse and buggy entered the closed-off area of the roadway and passed a number of state police vehicles, troopers reported.When troopers confronted the buggy driver, they said he showed signs of impairment and he admitted to drinking alcohol. The 19-year-old was taken into custody on suspicion of DUI, according to state police. For more information:
LANCASTERONLINE | Staff Nov 25, 2024.Scenes of Lancaster County Amish farmers in are featured in a New York Times profile of a National Geographic photographer.Photographer George Steinmetz spoke to the Times about his new book, "Feed the Planet," which featured 300 photos depicting food production across 40 countries.Those photos include scenes from Lancaster County, including aerial photos of farmland.The story, which was published Nov. 23 and was reported from Paradise, follows Steinmetz on a return trip to Lancaster County to get "a better shot.""The prize — and the challenge — are the stewards: the Lutheran separatists known as the Amish, whose commitment to antique technologies, agrarian ethics and deep insularity illustrate some rich paradoxes of our ever-expanding yet persistently local agricultural needs," the story reads. "Jams and preserves go to local tourist shops, pumpkins to Connecticut, and milk and cattle to buyers around the country.""Feed the Planet" continues Steinmetz's visual exploration of food production, which started during a 2013 assignment for National Geographic.In 2022, Steinmetz spoke at the Ware Center for an event hosted by Hourglass Lancaster. For more information: https://lancasteronline.com/features/entertainment/photos-of-lancaster-county-featured-in-new-york-times-story-about-national-geographic-photographer/article_59374168-ab33-11ef-94e0-c731262f2676.html
Place: New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss.
Amish worker hurt in fall from church roof;
November 25, 2024.
Emergency workers and bystanders gather at the Maitland Lane Free Methodist Church after a worker fell from the roof Monday.
Gary Church | News
A man working on the roof of the Maitland Lane Free Methodist Church in Neshannock Township suffered injuries when he fell from it Monday morning.Chris Byler was flown to St. Elizabeth’s Youngstown Hospital, where he is in stable condition.
According to Hugh Coryea, a longtime member of the Maitland Lane Free Methodist Church, a metal roof is being installed on the church and Byler was one of a few Amish workers on the roof when the accident occurred around 9 a.m. Coryea said Byler bent to pick up a sheet of metal when he slipped and fell to the ground. He was working at the peak of the roof when it occurred, he said.A helicopter landed in a field off Mercer Road and flew Byler to Youngstown. Coryea said he learned doctors reported Byler had suffered a couple of broken bones, but would be OK.He said a bystander at the church called 911 when he fell. The Neshannock Township police and fire departments responded, along with an ambulance service.Attempts to reach the Neshannock police for official details were unsuccessful Monday afternoon. For more information:https://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/local_news/amish-worker-hurt-in-fall-from-church-roof/article_4fde6aaa-ab7a-11ef-bec5-47b972308b35.html
Place: Spartansburg, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss.
Coroner: Crawford County man dies of injuries from crash involving horse and buggy;
Erie Times-News.
The driver of a horse and buggy involved in a crash with a pickup truck in eastern Crawford County on Nov. 15 has died of his injuries, according to the Erie County Coroner's Office.Coroner Lyell Cook said Christ Byler, 61, of Centerville, died at UPMC Hamot on Saturday of complications of blunt-force trauma to the head.Byler was taken to UPMC Hamot following an accident that happened on Nov. 15 at about 8:40 p.m. on Route 77 in Sparta Township. Pennsylvania State Police reported that Byler was driving a horse and buggy and was attempting to cross Britton Run Road heading north when he failed to see a Ford F-150XLT traveling east on Route 77 that collided with the horse and buggy.The driver of the pickup truck was not reported injured in the accident. No information was available on whether the horse was injured in the accident. For more information: https://www.goerie.com/story/news/2024/11/26/crash-involving-horse-and-buggy-man-dies-injuries-crawford-county-pa/76585492007/
Place: Switzerland.
Group: Nationwide Mennonite Fellowship / Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario.
Conservative groups to honor 500 years of Anabaptism at meeting in Switzerland;Anabaptist World.November 28, 2024.
Conservative Mennonites will host a conference on Anabaptism Jan. 21-23 at Wyssachen Reformed Church in Switzerland. — Wyssachen Reformed Church Conservative Mennonites will host a conference on Anabaptism Jan. 21-23 at Wyssachen Reformed Church in Switzerland. — Wyssachen Reformed Church
For more information: https://anabaptistworld.org/conservative-groups-to-honor-500-years-of-anabaptism-at-meeting-in-switzerland/
Place: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Group: Dariusleut Hutterite.
SACPA gets a look at Hutterite life.By Toyin Obatusin.
Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter.November 23, 2024.
The Wilson Hutterite Colony, although self-sufficient, supports small and local businesses in the Lethbridge community.Thursday at the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs session hosted at the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization, had audiences sit in front of Mr. Henry Wurz, who is the colony’s German teacher, Ms. Claire Wurz, a member of the colony, and Mr. Gerry Walter of the Lomond Hutterite Colony, to discuss how diversification and self-sufficiency has kept the Wilson Hutterite Colony viable.Founded in South Dakota in the U.S. then migrating to Canada in 1918, the colony has been made viable due to their own entrepreneurial abilities and diversification. For more information:
Place: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Group: Dariusleut Hutterite.SACPA gets a look at Hutterite life.
By Toyin Obatusin.Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter.
November 23, 2024.
The Wilson Hutterite Colony, although self-sufficient, supports small and local businesses in the Lethbridge community.Thursday at the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs session hosted at the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization, had audiences sit in front of Mr. Henry Wurz, who is the colony’s German teacher, Ms. Claire Wurz, a member of the colony, and Mr. Gerry Walter of the Lomond Hutterite Colony, to discuss how diversification and self-sufficiency has kept the Wilson Hutterite Colony viable. For more information:
Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Lancaster churches.
Marin photographer showcases the Amish way of life.
By Zeny Cieslikowski.Marin Independent Journal.
UPDATED: November 20, 2024 at 2:34 PM PST.
In October 2006, I had planned to spend four or five days revisiting Amish country in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to photograph this unique corner of American culture. I had visited Lancaster County twice before: the first time was in the 1960s, and the second time around had been the previous year after exhibiting at an art festival in Williamsburg, Virginia.A few days before leaving for Lancaster, a horrifying Amish school shooting took place just a few miles from the hotel where I had reservations. A local man had shot 10 Amish girls in their schoolhouse before turning the gun on himself; five children died. For more information:https://www.marinij.com/2024/11/20/marin-photographer-showcases-the-amish-way-of-life/
Place: Mt. Hope, Holmes County, Ohio.
Group: General plain people (auction participants).
Mt. Hope Auction agrees to settlement in federal animal mistreatment case.
Robert Wang.Canton Repository.December 12, 2024.
A Holmes County auction house has reached a legal agreement with federal prosecutors over its practices of caring for animals, including exotic varieties and birds, being sold at auction.A federal judge on Thursday approved a consent decree where Mt. Hope Auction has agreed to a process to regain its ability to legally buy and sell many species in response to allegations that the business kept numerous animals in inhumane conditions the past two years. For more information:
Justice Department Secures Agreement Preventing Animal Welfare Act Violations at Ohio Auction House.Thursday, December 12, 2024.
For Immediate Release.Office of Public Affairs.
In a consent decree entered today by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Mt. Hope Auction Co. agreed to monitoring and future restrictions to prevent it from violating the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) through future auctions of exotic or other AWA-regulated animals. For more information:
Place: Chatsworth, Ontario.
Group: Old Order Amish- Swartzentruber.
Civil liberties group reopens more Quarantine Act tickets for Ontario Amish community.Jonathan Bradley
Western Standard.Published on: 17 Nov 2024, 5:00 pm.
The Democracy Fund (TDF) said its lawyers have succeeded at reopening six additional Quarantine Act tickets, including alleged ArriveCan violations, issued to Amish community members in Grey County, ON.With these Quarantine Act tickets, TDF said they were issued during the COVID-19 pandemic and resulted in fines and convictions it believes were unjust and flawed.“We are shocked that a man was posthumously convicted and that his estate and widow were subsequently burdened with a lien for a conviction that, in our view, should never have been obtained in the first place,” said TDF senior litigation counsel Adam Blake-Gallipeau in a press release.“This case is a stark reminder of serious state overreach in the context of Quarantine Act and ArriveCan-related tickets.”
For more information: https://www.westernstandard.news/canadian/civil-liberties-group-reopens-more-quarantine-act-tickets-for-ontario-amish-community/59510
Place: Clymer, New York.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Geauga County type churches.
Contact: Email us at posts@amishstudies.com
Second Circuit Doubts Amish Bid for NY School Vaccine Exemption.
Beth Wang.Bloomberg Law.Nov. 18, 2024, 4:38 PM EST
A federal appeals panel in New York seemed skeptical the state’s vaccine mandate for schoolchildren showed religious hostility, particularly toward the Amish, but one judge suggested multiple times that the case could be sent back down.Judge José Cabranes of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said it’s not clear whether the state legislature showed hostile intent when it repealed the religious exemption—but not the medical exemption—from the state’s mandatory vaccination law in 2019, as part of an effort to boost immunization rates following a major measles outbreak.Cabranes said there’s “enough ambiguity” for the case to be remanded to the district court for further review, especially given that it would be more difficult based on the information available to determine whether there was hostile intent behind the repeal.Shannon Grammel of Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP, representing the Amish plaintiffs, said she would be fine with remanding it back to the district court for “further fact finding.” But senior assistant solicitor general Mark Grube, representing the state, urged the court to uphold the district court’s dismissal of the case.A group of three Amish men and three Amish schools sued after the schools were fined $118,000 for not adhering to the vaccination requirements, saying they were singled out.Judge Richard Wesley wondered how the court could begin figuring out what the legislature’s intent behind the repeal was.“What’s the test going to be?” Wesley asked Grammel. “How do we decide what the legislature’s intent was?”Grammel reiterated there were several statements made by lawmakers in 2019 that showed hostile intent. Grube argued that “legislative intent cannot be derived” from statements made by a handful of lawmakers, especially when there’s more than 200 members across both chambers.The Amish are “more willing to go to jail or suffer a martyr’s death” than risk their salvation by getting vaccinated, said Grammel.Siri & Glimstad LLP, First Liberty Institute, and Christopher Wiest of Covington, Ky., also represent the Amish plaintiffs.The case is Miller v. McDonald, 2d Cir., No. 24-681, oral argument 11/18/24 . For more information:
Amish parents falter in Second Circuit fight for NY religious vaccination exemptions.
New York removed its religious exemption option for school immunizations in 2019, which some Amish parents and schools claim is an affront to their lifestyle.
Erik Uebelacker / November 18, 2024.Courthouse News Service.
MANHATTAN (CN) — A Second Circuit panel appeared skeptical Monday to give Amish New Yorkers another crack at their lawsuit challenging the state’s lack of religious exemptions for the vaccination of their school-aged children.In a bid to revive their now-dismissed 2023 claim, a group of plaintiffs comprised of Amish parents and schools asked the panel to consider where in the U.S. Constitution it states that religious exemptions are inferior to medical ones.For more information:
Place: Buchanan County, Iowa.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss.
Iowa 4-H staff exceptional achievements.
By SYDNEY PETERSON.ISU Extension and Outreach.
Nov 18, 2024 Updated Nov 18, 2024.
AMES – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach staff members were honored in October at the Iowa 4-H YouthFest professional development conference. Award recipients were recognized for their impact on local communities, accomplishments in their field and embodiment of the ISU Extension and Outreach 4-H mission.The award ceremony was held over two days, Oct. 29-30, in Ames as a part of the annual YouthFest conference, which brings together ISU Extension and Outreach staff from all over the state to celebrate the work they are doing and participate in workshops and educational opportunities in the field of 4-H youth development.
“Our Iowa 4-H staff exemplify excellence, preparing youth to be ‘Beyond Ready’ for life’s challenges,” said Mitchell Hoyer, Iowa 4-H state program leader and director. “It’s an honor to acknowledge their hard work and success by recognizing them for their achievements.”Beyond Ready is a nationwide 4-H initiative to empower young people with the skills, resilience and confidence they need to thrive in an ever-changing world.[…]The Visionary Award is given to a team or individual who demonstrates an innovative programming effort, uses a different delivery method, includes a new avenue or partner or reaches a new audience. Lori Dietzenbach, Buchanan County youth outreach educator, was recognized for her work in cultivating a partnership connection with the Amish community.Once a month, Dietzenbach visits all six Amish schools in the Jesup and Wapsie Valley school districts, teaching 4-H and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach curricula to nearly 200 students in grades K-8, tailoring the content to their lifestyle.She notes the students’ eagerness to learn and has adapted the material to respect Amish cultural beliefs. She is currently the only consistent guest educator in these schools. For more information: […]https://www.communitynewspapergroup.com/oelwein_daily_register/iowa-4-h-staff-exceptional-achievements/article_9c3fee6e-a3a5-11ef-93be-877797ca674c.html
Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Lancaster churches.
The farm raid that mobilised Amish behind Bad Orange Man.
By Dr Jack Campbell.November 17, 2024.
The Conservative Woman (TCW), Defending Freedom.
The catastrophic failure of the Democrats in the recent USA election which resulted in the triumph of the Bad Orange Man has had a fallout of comic proportions. Many conservatives have been metaphorically ‘bathing in liberal tears’ as the realisation hits the wokerati that what was unimaginable has happened.For the Democrats, as other progressives, it is all about control. From pronouns, DEI, required quotas, to mandatory speech and enforced gender ideology, Democrats demand the right to control what people say and do. Let us hope they and other progressives have learned that ordinary people do not like to be controlled by power hungry ideologues and they will rebel, even Christians.. For more information:
Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Lancaster churches.
How Elon Musk secured the Amish vote for Trump.
The conservative community used to simply pray for better presidents — until the Tesla boss spent millions to help swing Pennsylvania.
Tom Newton Dunn.Political journalist and presenter.
The Times.Monday November 18 2024, 8.50am GMT, The Times
For 300 years, the Amish have done their all to stay out of politics. As a deeply religious community, who reject modern life, only a fraction of them ever voted until this year, when Elon Musk set out to secure their votes for Donald Trump.Experts doubted he would succeed — all previous attempts to woo the Amish had produced no more than five per cent turnout — but interviews with members of the sect in their Pennsylvania homelands over three days showed that the efforts of the Tesla boss and Trump confidante surpassed all expectations.According to the community’s own estimates up to 60 per cent of the Amish in the state voted this year, and they all but unanimously backed Trump.The dramatic shift in their behaviour could have a significant bearing on the electoral future of America’s biggest swing state.“We used to just pray for a better president because that was our way,” Amish poultry farmer Emmanuel Lantz said. “More and more now, we’re thinking you also have to act and go out and vote too.” For more information:https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/amish-vote-elon-musk-trump-us-election-8lqx8t72v
Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Lancaster churches.
How Trump won Pennsylvania’s Amish vote — with the help of missionaries and Elon Musk.By Caitlin Doornbos.Published Nov. 12, 2024, 6:45 a.m. ET.
New York Post.LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — About 100 miles north of Washington DC, at the nexus of quiet country roads, sits a network of bustling small businesses and community connections that helped deliver the swing state of Pennsylvania for President-elect Donald Trump.For nearly a decade, with the smells of fresh manure and homemade shoofly pie in their nostrils, GOP operatives have worked diligently to register an under-courted voting bloc — the Amish.Despite their efforts, attendance at the polls was long lagging, for a reason that escaped outsiders but was obvious to locals: Election Day falls on a Tuesday — but for many Amish, so does wedding day. For more information:
Place: Iowa / Texas.
Group: Old Order Amish- Swartzentruber.
Ex-Amish Woman, 21, Details Escape with $24, a Partial Education and No Birth Certificate (Exclusive).Now a viral TikTok creator, Lovina Hershberger tells PEOPLE she didn't touch a phone until she left her rigid, restrictive community at age 18.
By Zoey Lyttle.People Magazine.Published on November 15, 2024 03:00PM EST.
· Lovina Hershberger left her Amish community in Iowa in 2021, just days after her 18th birthday. She left behind her parents and 11 younger siblings in favor of a modern lifestyle. With the help of her ex-Amish older brother, now-21-year-old Hershberger fully adapted to the outside world. She taught herself to use technology and turned it into her full-time job, between editing the Amish Rebel podcast and making now-viral social media videos.· Between her Instagram and TikTok accounts, Hershberger has garnered over 500,000 followers with her educational, candid — and oftentimes funny — videos about the Amish.Lovina Hershberger left home on a snowy evening. It was a Monday night in April 2021, to be exact, 10 days after her 18th birthday. She’d plotted her escape thoughtfully, acting both in her own interest and in the interests of her family. She oiled their door hinges the previous night to silence her escape. It was an anxious dash that Hershberger knew would shatter the hearts of her loved ones, hence why she chose that Monday, after their community's biweekly church gathering was let out.Though the April night only got stranger, nothing about that day was typical, Hershberger tells PEOPLE exclusively. She and her mother took their horse and buggy to make an uncommon trip seven miles away from their rural Amish community in Iowa.
For more information: https://people.com/ex-amish-woman-details-escape-into-modern-world-with-partial-education-and-no-birth-certificate-exclusive-8745394
Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Lancaster churches.
Did Elon Musk’s efforts in Pennsylvania even do anything?
The government contractor and appointee made a concerted effort to boost Donald Trump’s election in the Keystone State. It might not have had any effect.
November 14, 2024Column by Philip Bump.Washington Post.
Few people in history have made a more effective investment than did Elon Musk in this year’s presidential race. It wasn’t cheap, certainly, with Musk pouring more than $118 million by late October into a PAC supporting Donald Trump’s candidacy. In the days after Trump’s victory, though, Musk’s net worth, buoyed by a surging stock market, jumped $50 billion.It’s likely that this 400-fold return on investment is only the beginning of how Musk will benefit from a second Trump presidency. His investment in Trump’s victory brought him close to the president-elect, so Musk has spent much of the past week camped out at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. There, he has been weighing in on a range of decisions as Trump prepares to return to the White House. Musk has also been tapped to serve as co-chair of a nebulous group tasked with uprooting waste in government spending, the targets of which will almost certainly exclude the federal dollars that end up in his companies’ coffers. For more information:
Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Lancaster churches.
Exempt the Amish: Lawmakers should repay the Amish for serving our country by exempting them from selective service.
By Jason Jones.November 14, 2024.Crisis Magazine (Catholic).
It was a humbling experience getting to know some of the Amish voters who helped propel President-elect Donald Trump’s historic comeback victory. In a way, it was like feeling my mind and my heart grow larger inside me through no virtue of my own. I’ll never forget the gratitude I feel toward them; and I believe the Republican Party—and the whole nation—should never forget either. For more information: https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/exempt-the-amish
Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Lancaster churches.
Lancaster County business a 'total loss' following fire.
Emergency crews responded to the fire at Oak Shade Cheese, an Amish-owned business, around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13.
Credit: WPMT
Author: Leah Hall.
Published: 5:31 PM EST November 13, 2024
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — The building of a Lancaster County business has been deemed a "total loss" following a fire.Emergency crews responded to the fire at Oak Shade Cheese, an Amish-owned business, around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13. According to the Fulton Fire Chief, around twenty units from 15 different companies responded to the fire.The blaze was extinguished, but the building has been deemed a total loss.There were no reported injuries.It is unclear at this time how the fire began.
Place: Clark, Missouri.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss.
The Thriving Amish Community of Clark.
by Jim Winnerman.November 13, 2024.Missouri Life magazine.
If you were to close your eyes and stand beside one of the white gravel roads bisecting the green agricultural fields around Clark, it would not be long before you would be able to identify the rhythmic clip-clop of approaching horses. Listen closer and you would discern the accompanying clatter of iron buggy wheels crunching the stoney surface. Open your eyes, and even though you would be only 20 miles north of Columbia, it would feel as though you have been transported back to the mid-1800s. A horse is pulling a black Amish buggy, and under the canopy, someone at the end of the reins is wearing a straw hat or bonnet. In the distance you might see a man walking behind a hand-held plow being pulled by a team of draft horses. Look off to another field and a family may be gathering and arranging cornstalks into pointed shocks, as if in a Grandma Moses painting. Glance down the road and another buggy would likely be headed your way.Clark is home to a little-known colony of the Missouri Amish. The Amish are one of America’s most distinctive religious communities, steeped in customs and traditions based on living a simple, quiet rural existence. Descendants of Swiss German Mennonites, the ancestors of the Missouri Amish were persecuted in Europe in the 1500s for their religious beliefs and for rejecting mandatory military service. In the early 1700s, the first group of the Amish immigrated to America seeking religious freedom….For more information:
Place: Kenton, Hardin County, OH; Lodi/West Salem, OH; Wayne County, OH.
Group: Old Order Amish- Kenton group; Old Order Amish- Swartzentruber.
Flashing lights too flashy for some Amish. Old order challenges new Ohio buggy law.
Laura A. Bischoff.Columbus Dispatch.10:02pm, December 1, 2024.
An Amish buggy carrying passengers makes its way down a hill near Apple Creek.The Swartzentruber Amish are suing to overturn Ohio's new traffic law that requires animal-drawn buggies to have yellow flashing lights, saying the law conflicts with the First Amendment protecting their religious expression.The Swartzentruber order, which enlisted legal help from Harvard University Law School's Religious Freedom Clinic, is suing to block enforcement of the law.More than 200 tickets have been issued to Amish buggy drivers since lawmakers adopted the regulation in June 2022. The law change came after a statewide study showed 723 buggy crashes, including 15 that involved fatalities, over a 10-year period.….The state traffic safety study found that most of the buggy crashes occur during daylight and in clear weather conditions. The study attributed crashes to distracted driving, poor sight lines, speed differentials and other factors. For more information: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/state/2024/12/01/amish-sect-and-harvard-law-challenge-ohios-buggy-light-law/76571979007/
Amish Community Seeks Injunction Against Ohio Law Requiring Flashing Yellow Lights on Buggies in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. WKTN. November 27, 2024.
The Amish community is seeking an injunction of an Ohio law which mandates the use of flashing yellow lights atop horse-drawn buggies.The case was filed in August of this year in Hardin County Common Pleas Court.Four men from West Salem, Apple Creek, Dalton and Kenton are the plaintiffs in the case.Listed as defendants are Ohio Attorney General Daivd Yost, Prosecutors from Hardin, Medina and Wayne Counties and Ohio State Highway Patrol Superintendent Charles A. Jones.The suit challenges the constitutionality of the law.The plaintiffs claim it targets the Amish community and has effectively criminalized travel for the Old Order Amish denominations, whose adherents cannot use the electric lights without violating their religious beliefs.A hearing was held Tuesday, and Judge Steve Christopher granted a temporary restraining order.According to court documents, a hearing to consider the plaintiffs motion for a preliminary and final injunction was set for July 8 and 9, 2025 in Hardin County Common Pleas Court.https://wktn.com/amish-community-seeks-injunction-against-ohio-law-requiring-flashing-yellow-lights-on-buggies-in-hardin-county-common-pleas-court
Place: Desbarats, Algoma, Ontario (north of Michigan).
Group: Orthodox Mennonite.Horse and buggy travel a way of life for many Mennonites. Recent tragedies have led to safe road use efforts.
At least 4 horse and buggy accidents reported last year in northeastern Ontario.
Aya Dufour · CBC News · Posted: Dec 04, 2024 6:00 AM EST | Last Updated: December 4
NOTE: To respect the core value of humility held by members of the Old Order Mennonite community in Desbarats, Ont., CBC has agreed not to use the full name of the people interviewed for this story. Oct. 29 started off as an ordinary day for Edwin, a member of the Old Order Mennonite community near Desbarats in northeastern Ontario. He was heading to a farm about a kilometre from his home to help fellow Mennonites build a barn, a trip he makes every other week by horse and buggy on Highway 17. That morning, he used four-year-old Sparky, a "gentle, willing and quiet-natured" horse raised by Edwin and his family. Horse-buggy travel is typically done on the shoulder of the highway, but sometimes gets pushed into part of a paved lane due to snow, guardrails and wet soil. That's what happened to Edwin that October day, when he used part of one of the two eastbound paved lanes to "make it easier on his horse." He said he was constantly looking in his rearview mirror to determine when he could swerve back onto the shoulder if a vehicle came up behind him. Still, he ended up on the side of the ditch, with blood running down his face. For more information:https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/faith-spirituality-way-of-life-northern-ontario-amish-desbarats-1.7400486
Place: Spring Valley, Fillmore County, MN.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss.
Defense, prosecution exchange motions related to 2023 fatal buggy crash Samantha Petersen's attorney argued that 18 of the 21 charges against her should be dismissed. The Fillmore County Attorney's Office said there's probable cause to find her guilty on all 21 counts. By Olivia Estright. November 11, 2024 at 3:33 PM. Post Bulletin.
PRESTON, Minn. — The Fillmore County Attorney's Office argued in court documents that 18 charges filed against a woman accused of killing two Amish children in 2023 should not be dismissed. Samantha Jo Petersen, 36, is facing 21 total charges in the case, including eight felony counts of criminal vehicular homicide; eight felony counts of criminal vehicular operation; two gross misdemeanor counts of driving while impaired; two misdemeanor counts of failing to provide proof of insurance and careless driving; and one petty misdemeanor for speeding. Minnesota State Patrol concluded that the driver of the silver Toyota 4Runner SUV was traveling between 63 mph and 71 mph at the time of the crash. The speed limit on County Road 1 is 55 mph. The view on the road was clear for 1,452 feet before the crash scene, and there were no obstructions. Shortly after the date of the crash, both Samantha and Sarah Petersen moved out of their Spring Valley residence, according to court documents. They are believed to be living in the Kellogg area. Sarah Petersen faces 16 felony charges. She’s scheduled to appear in court for a settlement conference on Dec. 9. For more information: https://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/defense-prosecution-exchange-motions-related-to-2023-fatal-buggy-crash
Place: Yoder, Kansas.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainstream; Old Order Amish- New Order; others.
Reno County school to close permanently.
by: Laura McMillan.Posted: Jan 17, 2024 / 02:44 PM CST
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Haven School District, USD 312, Board of Education has decided to close Yoder Charter School permanently at the end of the current school year.Superintendent Craig Idacavage sent a letter to parents on Tuesday announcing the “difficult decision” that was made Monday night.“Please know that this decision was not taken lightly and was made with the utmost consideration for the future of our district,” he wrote. Idacavage told KSN News he understands that people will be upset.
“It’s an extremely emotional time,” he said. “They’re losing a school, and I feel for them, and our board feels for them, and, like I said, it’s extremely, extremely emotional.” For more information: https://www.ksn.com/news/local/reno-county-school-to-close-permanently/
Haven Schools vote to close Yoder charter school.
By KWCH Staff.Published: Jan. 18, 2024 at 7:51 AM EST. WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Haven Board of Education passed a resolution to close Yoder Charter School at the end of the school year.The decision follows a thorough evaluation of various factors, including declining enrollment trends, financial impact, achievement data, and allocation of resources.Haven superintendent Craig Idacavage said the board felt that the district could better utilize resources better to improve the district.The students currently enrolled at Yoder Charter School will go to an attendance center in Haven. The Board does not plan a reduction in the workforce.
Yoder Charter School to close: A former student’s take.By Cleary Percy.The Hutchinson Collegian: The student newspaper of Hutchinson Community College.
January 28, 2024.
Last Wednesday, the Haven Board of Education voted to close Yoder Charter School at the end of the current school year.Yoder Charter School, which is the only charter school in Reno County, has long been an alternative choice to public schooling for parents in the Haven school district and Reno County. Yoder, despite boasting a population of 163 people as of the 2020 census, has always managed to have a strong community around its school, which educated students from kindergarten through eighth grade.For more information: http://hutchcollegian.com/2024/01/28/yoder-charter-school-to-close-a-former-students-take/
Place: Hillsdale, Michigan.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline.
Hillsdale County investigate car crashing into Amish buggy.
by: Todd Heywood.WLNS. LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department officials are investigating a crash involving a car and an Amish buggy.Officials wrote in a Facebook post a 73-year-old man was driving a 2018 Ford Focus northbound on Hillsdale Rd. when “he struck an Amish buggy that was also traveling northbound.”The crash happened about 11 a.m. Thursday on Hillsdale Rd. near Rodgers Rd.The sheriff’s department reports the man says the crash happened because he was unable to see the buggy due to shadows. For more information: https://www.wlns.com/news/hillsdale-county-investigations-car-crashing-into-amish-buggy/
Place: Quincy/Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Allen Co., Indiana type.
Two buggy occupants taken to Fort Wayne hospital after Sunday morning Quincy Township crash.By Jim Measel.
WTVB.QUINCY TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – Two occupants of an Amish buggy were taken to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne by LifeCare Ambulance on Sunday morning following a crash on North Ray Quincy Road south of Jonesville Road.The Branch County Sheriff’s Department says the crash happened just after 8:00 a.m. when a 2015 Jeep Patriot driven by 33-year-old Ryan Quiros of Albion tried to pass the horse-drawn buggy and struck it.The occupants identified as 71-year-old James Steury and 66-year-old Mary Steury from Quincy were flipped out of the buggy.The crash is still under investigation. The Sheriff’s Office was assisted by LifeCare Ambulance and the Quincy Fire Department.https://wtvbam.com/2024/10/27/711644/
Place: Newport/Poland, Herkimer County, New York.
Group: Old Order Amish- Swartzentruber.
Jeep crashes into Central NY horse-drawn buggy, killing mom, injuring her baby girl.
By Rylee Kirk.
Town of Newport, N.Y. — A mother is dead and her baby girl injured after a Jeep crashed into a horse-drawn buggy Monday in Herkimer County, troopers said.Rebecca Swartzentruber, 31, of Newport, was driving an Amish horse-drawn buggy with one passenger, 1-year-old Mattie Swartzentruber, east on Butler Road in the town of Newport when the crash happened, said Trooper Jennifer Jiron, a spokesperson for the state police. The pair were mother and daughter, she said.A 2017 Jeep Renegade, driven by Andrew Bienkowski, 36, of Newport, hit the buggy from behind around 4:15 p.m., Jiron said. Both Mattie and Rebecca were ejected, she said.Rebecca was pronounced dead at the scene.Mattie was taken to Wynn Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, she said.
Place: Degraff, Ohio.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss; Swiss.
Passenger transported from pickup, Amish buggy crash.
By BELLEFONTAINE EXAMINER STAFF.
Barbra Wagler, 69, of DeGraff, was transported by Riverside EMS to Mary Rutan Hospital for treatment of suspected minor injuries sustained in a crash Sunday evening, Oct. 27.Deputies of the Logan County Sheriff’s Office report she was a passenger in a northbound Amish buggy operated by Tom Wagler, 71, of DeGraff, about 8:55 p.m. along State Route 235 near State Route 47.Rickie F. Jacobs, 44, of Huntsville, was operating a northbound Chevrolet 3500 pickup and reportedly struck the rear of the buggy.No other injuries were reported. Damage was light to the pickup and heavy to the buggy.Jacobs was cited for failure to maintain assured clear distance ahead. For more information:
Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish.
Pro-Trump, Amish-themed billboards along Route 23 raise questions [letter].
LNP/LancasterOnline.I travel Route 23 from Leola to Lancaster regularly. I now see two full-size billboards indicating Amish support for the Republican Party.One states “Pray for God’s mercy for our nation.” It includes a depiction of what appears to be an Amish man’s hat.The other billboard states:“Hard Work = YES.“Illegal Freebies = NO.“Amish for Trump.”There is a small disclaimer on the bottom of the sign stating “Not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.”My question, then, is who paid for these billboards? Am I incorrect in thinking that the Amish don’t typically get involved in government? Or are they being used as pawns in this election’s political game? Donna Smith.Upper Leacock Township.
Place: Toga/Buckingham, Virginia.Group: Old Order Amish- Mainline; Lancaster Co., PA, churches.Amish wedding in Buckingham means extra buggies on the roads.
News. Staff. Oct 31, 2024.BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- People can expect to see a large turnout among the Amish community Thursday in Buckingham County.The Toga Volunteer Fire Department reports there is an Amish wedding scheduled for the day.It will be taking place on Sprouse’s Lane.That means there will be a lot of buggies on the roads, and drivers are being urged to use caution, especially during the early morning and early evening hours.The heaviest buggy traffic for the morning should have already wrapped up, but there will be another surge expected between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Buggies will be arriving from Cumberland, Prince Edward and Charlotte counties. Some members of the Amish community will be coming by chartered bus or vans from other states. For more information: https://www.cbs19news.com/news/amish-wedding-in-buckingham-means-extra-buggies-on-the-roads/article_3043fa44-978d-11ef-8cfc-9f27f5994ee4.html
Place: Lowville, New York.
Group: Old Order Amish- Lancaster.
Copenhagen man charged in fatal buggy crash that killed Amish teen.
A Copenhagen man who allegedly left the scene of a fatal buggy crash in July has been arrested on vehicular manslaughter and drunk driving charges. By 7 News Staff.Published: Nov. 5, 2024 at 3:44 PM EST.LOWVILLE, New York (WWNY) - A Copenhagen man who allegedly left the scene of a fatal buggy crash in July has been arrested on vehicular manslaughter and drunk driving charges.State police arrested 41-year-old Jared Spaulding on Tuesday after a Lewis County grand jury indicted him in connection with the crash that killed an Amish teen and injured four others.For more information: https://www.wwnytv.com/2024/11/05/copenhagen-man-charged-fatal-buggy-crash-that-killed-amish-teen/
Place: Edon, Ohio / Hamilton, Indiana.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Allen County, Indiana, churches.
In Amish country, an unlikely partnership with beef giant JBS roils community.
By Keith Schneider.The New Lede.November 2024.
EDON, OH – For 60 years, this one stoplight Ohio town has been known as a place where time appears to stand still. With more than 400 Amish residents settled in and around the rural community that straddles the Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan state lines, it has been common to see large families traveling by horse-drawn black buggies to and from farms where they milk dairy cows and grow corn. Adhering to a strict religious doctrine that resists new technology, Amish farmers here spent decades largely eschewing industrial farming practices that have become common around the United States. For more information: https://www.thenewlede.org/2024/11/in-amis-country-an-unlikely-partnership-with-beef-giant-jbs-roils-community/
Place: n/a
Group: Amish.
How to watch Lifetime’s new movie ‘A Kidnapping in Amish Country’ premiere with a free trial.Published: Nov. 02, 2024, 12:34 p.m.By Ashley Dill.PennLive.An Amish woman realizes her daughter has been kidnapped and turns to the only person who can help - her estranged best friend who’s renounced the Amish way of life in Lifetime’s premiere of “A Kidnapping in Amish Country,” set to air Saturday, Nov. 2 at 8 p.m.
Starring Jorja Cadence and Elise Bauman, the new movie will keep you on the edge of your seat. For those who have cut the traditional cable cord and are opting for a streaming service, you can watch the movie on Philo, which offers a free trial to new subscribers.
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