I find myself returning again and again to the Shady Maple complex in East Earl. Not only does it have an incredible buffet, ...

Crawford County DA says office's lack of staff led her to ask Attorney General's Office to prosecute Shawn C. Cranston in ...

A state appeals court ruling earlier this month affirmed farmer Amos Miller can continue selling his raw milk outside of ...

After years of legal wrangling, Sugar Grove’s Old Order Amish residents will legally be allowed to use their outdoor privies rather than be required to use Sugar Grove’s municipal sewage system. The ...

Scholars define the Old Order Amish by two distinctive features: 1) the use of horse-and-buggy transportation, and 2) the use of Pennsylvania German dialect in church services and daily conversation.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Daniel Beiler, 33, an emergency medical technician and aid volunteer who grew up in a traditional Amish community in Pennsylvania. The ...

Kraybill is a Senior Fellow at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. 1. Are the Amish a cult? No. As a Christian church they follow the ...