I am Lovina’s “English” friend Ruth, and I had the opportunity to help Lovina shop for food, take pictures of the wedding preparation, and then attend Daniel and Lovina’s wedding on Friday, June 21. Lovina asked me to share with you what happens in the days leading up to the wedding, and she will share […]
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Amish Crafted “Grey w/ White Trim” Barn Style Mailbox – Lancaster County PA
Twin sisters in fatal Amish buggy crash file motions to dismiss
May 17—PRESTON, Minn. — The twin sisters who face multiple felony charges related to a crash that claimed the lives of two Amish children last year, have filed motions to have their cases dismissed. Samantha Petersen, 36, of Spring Valley faces 21 charges including eight felony counts of criminal vehicular homicide, eight counts of felony […]
Guns and sneakers were seized from a man accused of killing a pregnant Amish woman, police say
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police investigating the killing a pregnant Amish woman in rural Pennsylvania seized six guns, a variety of ammunition and a pair of sneakers that may match tread marks left at the crime scene during searches of the suspect’s home and vehicle, documents show. Search warrant documents released over the weekend said […]
Newly unsealed warrants in Amish mother’s murder reveal more witness statements, evidence
Pennsylvania State Police learned that Rebekah A. Byler’s 2-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son were home with her when someone entered the Amish family’s eastern Crawford County residence on the morning of Feb. 26 and fatally shot and cut the 23-year-old Byler, who was nearly six months pregnant. The 3-year-old told state police that a green […]
Suspect is ordered held for trial for alleged murder of pregnant Amish woman
Mar. 16—An Erie County man will go on trial in Crawford County Court for allegedly killing a pregnant Amish woman and her unborn child near Spartansburg last month. Following about five hours of testimony at a preliminary hearing Friday, Magisterial District Judge Amy Nicols ordered Shawn Cranston held for trial for the deaths of Rebekah […]
DA focuses on red Jeep as defendant held for trial in pregnant Amish woman’s murder
MEADVILLE — Pennsylvania State Police built much of their investigation into the slaying of a 23-year-old pregnant Amish woman by tracking the red Jeep believed to belong to the Corry man charged with murdering her and her unborn child, according to testimony presented at a five-hour preliminary hearing on Friday. Two witnesses saw a red […]
Spring for Amish people in Pennsylvania means ‘mud sales,’ from pitchforks to pies
GORDONVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A couple hundred used buggies — horses not included — were lined up and ready for the auctioneer’s gavel last weekend when day began at the Gordonville mud sale, a local Amish tradition dating to the 1960s. Mud sales are country auctions that benefit volunteer fire departments across what the Amish […]
Amish community grieves after devastating Wisconsin crash
CLARK COUNTY, Wis. (FOX 9) – As investigators in Clark County, Wisconsin, piece together how a crash left nine people dead, a community hundreds of miles away in southwestern Virginia is grieving. A van and semi-truck collided Friday on Highway 95 in western Wisconsin, southeast of Eau Claire, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. […]
After deadly Clark County crash, what to know about the Amish communities in Wisconsin, Virginia
Seven of the nine victims killed Friday in a crash in west-central Wisconsin were members of an Amish community from a remote Appalachian region in Virginia. The Clark County crash, one of the deadliest in Wisconsin history, involved a semi-truck and a passenger van. The drivers of both vehicles were among the dead, and a […]
Victims of Clark County crash reportedly part of Amish community from Virginia
While the Clark County Sheriff’s Office has not yet released the names of the 9 people killed Friday in the second-deadliest crash in the state’s history, media reports and posts on social media indicate some victims were members of an Amish community from Burke’s Garden in Tazewell County, Virginia. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has not […]
It’s Amish vs. animal lovers as Winona County cracks down on dog breeding
UTICA, MINN. – Trouble is brewing in the rolling fields and wooded thickets of the Amish farms here. Farmers in the area breed and sell dogs to local residents and nationwide pet outlets alike. Their business has drawn the attention of animal lovers who say the Amish are running puppy mills — fast-paced breeding operations […]