Amish community
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GwenOhio senator highlights Amish schools’ focus on reading and math through eighth grade
Ohio State Senator Sandra O’Brien, who represents the 32nd Senate District, wrote about the Amish school system in the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Geauga. She said she...
Amish Families in Bart Township, Pennsylvania, Mark Ten Years Since School Shooting
On Oct. 2, 2006, milk truck driver Charles Carl Roberts IV burst into the West Nickel Mines School shortly after recess. Five girls aged 6 to 13 were...
Donations Top $1 Million for Amish Community in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania
Since the Oct. 2 shooting of 10 Amish schoolgirls, sympathetic people have sent donations to help the community in Nickel Mines, Pa., pay hospital bills and build a...
Amish Community in Fulton, Illinois, Holds Donations-Only Dinner and Bake Sale to Fund School Supplies
The Amish community near Spring Valley, Illinois, is holding a community-wide “Good Home Cooked Dinner and Bake Sale” to raise funds for school supplies. The event is scheduled...
Measles Outbreak Hits Pennsylvania Amish Country as More Amish and Mennonites Show Openness to Vaccines
Amish and Mennonite shoppers in conservative dress mingled with other shoppers on a recent Friday at a large outdoor market in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, where vendors sold pumpkins, fry...
Amish woman shot in 2006 West Nickel Mines schoolhouse attack dies at 23
Rosanna S. King, who was severely injured as a 6-year-old in the 2006 shooting at the West Nickel Mines Amish School in Pennsylvania, has died 18 years later,...
Progressive Amish community allows TLC filming for Suddenly Amish to help grow shrinking population
TLC’s newest reality series, *Suddenly Amish*, brings five outsiders into an Amish community. The show’s source asks how filming was permitted, given the community’s strict rules about cameras....
RFK Jr. Labels Amish ‘Control Group’ in Vaccine Debate
RFK Jr. addressed a large Mennonite crowd in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in July 2021, expressing admiration for the Amish lifestyle. He praised their decision not to vaccinate, which...
Amish Shah Refuses to Support Border Security Proposition 314, Criticizes Trump Tax Cuts
Amish Shah, a prominent figure in the Amish community, recently made headlines for his public statements at a forum. During the event, Shah reiterated his stance against renewing...
Bodies of 4-year-old child and father found in lake after Amish woman’s concerning statements, sheriff says
Investigators are uncovering details following the discovery of a 4-year-old child and his father’s bodies in Lake Atwood after an Amish woman made concerning statements. The incident occurred...
