Mikayla Yoder, 5, holds her six-month-old sister, Karianna, while visiting the Midwest Select Horse Sale with family at Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis. Thursday, April 9, 2 ...

The leader of an Amish community in Cooper County was arrested on Wednesday over claims of sexual abuse and forced labor at a rural retreat. Cooper County Sheriff Chris Class said Sam Shetler, 42, was ...

A 19-year-old man is in custody after a vehicle struck three people in Columbia. MoDOT wraps up bridge removal projects early in Columbia, Jefferson City The Missouri Department of Transportation ...

SPARTANSBURG ― Authorities suspect three girls may have filled a lantern with the wrong kind of fuel on the morning of March 27, setting off an explosion and fire inside an Amish schoolhouse in rural ...

This story contains graphic allegations that describe physical and sexual abuse. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline is 988 and the national sexual assault ...

In the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election, viral social media posts claimed that record numbers of Amish registered to vote. For example, one post that received national attention claimed that ...

"Keep Quiet and Forgive," a documentary about sexual abuse in Plain communities, is now available to stream after it completed a festival circuit. The feature-length documentary was created by ...

Emma Troyer serves as one of the "Amish" hosts in TLC's latest reality show, "Suddenly Amish" (2026). (Credit: Warner Bros.) Editor’s Note: A version of this story also appeared in The Good, the Bad, ...

Lizzie Hershberger grew up in an Amish community in Minnesota. She is a survivor of sexual abuse and rape, and she left the community, eventually writing the memoir, Behind Blue Curtains: A True Crime ...

It is Monday afternoon and what a lovely March Day it is! The temperature is almost 70 degrees. The sun is shining but it’s windy. I have clothes hanging on the lines which was a little bit ...