STIFLED by the strict rules that had her sneaking around, one woman escaped her Amish community at 17 – and has since spilled the beans on what her ultra-conservative upbringing was really ...

Amish women play a key role in maintaining the community’s adherence to the Ordnung, the set of unwritten rules that guide ...

The Old Order Amish of southern Monroe and northern Vernon County have established 25 one-room schools to educate their children grades one to eight. By age 14, the young graduates ...

You’ll learn about the Ordnung – the unwritten rules that guide Amish life – and how these communities make decisions about which modern innovations to adopt and which to avoid. What becomes clear is ...

I am Lovina’s “English” friend Ruth, and since Lovina is busy with wedding preparations this week and recovering next week, I am filling in for her for th ...

The country’s largest Amish community, estimated at more than 92,000, settled in Lancaster County, attracted to the rich farmland and William Penn’s promise of religious freedom in the ...

However, searches of Bing, DuckDuckGo, Google and Yahoo found no news media outlets reporting about an Amish family going missing in 1992 — nor any reports of a break in the case in 2002, 10 ...

Amish aid, technology fuel case, prosecution in killing of pregnant woman in rural Pa. Attorney General lawyers used DNA, GPS, cell data and witness testimony in gaining a conviction against a ...