We’ve seen so many books about the fall of our civilization, dystopian novels that focus on the ramifications for small and large communities alike. But what would happen to a community that’s ...

In 1859, a solar storm turned night into day around the world while downing telegraph systems. One can only imagine the havoc such an event would cause now. David Williams has, in a debut novel set in ...

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - Jacob King used to be a carpenter, like a lot of other young Amish men in Lancaster County. But the sluggish economy in 2009 and the saturation of wood-working businesses got ...

It is good to be susceptible to simple beauty. Sometimes we forget this, because we are sophisticated creatures who fly on airplanes and have seen a lot of the world. Because we don't want to appear ...

ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A funeral home has identified three children who died in southern Michigan after the Amish horse-drawn carriage they were riding in was struck by a driver accused of ...

The Old Order Amish have been increasing rapidly in number and spreading out through Lancaster County for decades. A correspondent for The Diary, a local publication of the Old Order, discusses that ...

MAYFIELD, Ky. — Through the rain and darkness on Friday night, Chris Crawford heard a baby crying. The tobacco farmer had ventured into the howling wind a half-hour earlier to warn his neighbors ...

EAST PALESTINE – The Dutch Amish families that migrated to the eastern part of the county from the New York area about a year ago are working to establish a school for their students. Harvey Schlabach ...