LANCASTER — Forty years sounds like a lifetime. It also can fly past in the blink of an eye. Just ask the Rev. Sam Smucker. In 1977, Smucker and 30 other people gathered for worship in a room at the ...

Learn more about cases of missing children in this week's issue of PEOPLE Chris Harris has been a senior true crime reporter for PEOPLE since late 2015. An award-winning journalist who has worked for ...

Linda Stoltzfoos Images from prosecutors show a red Kia Rio belonging to Justo Smoker, who is suspected of using the car to abduct Linda Stoltzfoos, 18, as she walked home from church June 21, 2020, ...

The Amish populate some parts of Michiana and many parts of the Hoosier State. Indiana is one of three states where the group primarily resides in the United States, according to the Young Center at ...

Hello to one and all! “Many hands make work light” has become a reality today at Mom’s house. With hosting services at their house on Sunday, there’s lots of cleaning and organizing to be done. In our ...

Fisher, 67, was raised Amish, but left the church more than four decades ago. Zook says the Wisconsin v. Yoder decision is contrary to Anabaptist ideals: The educational limits it countenanced leave ...

Mary left the Amish but is trying to return. Pic credit: TLC Return to Amish has been all over the place this season. Mary Schmucker is back, but she has decided to try and reenter the Amish community ...

Torah Bontrager says she was about 13 when she read about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. The story of the former slave turned abolitionist electrified her. The oldest child of a strict ...

TLC’s all-new series is putting the spotlight back on the Amish community once again. Us Weekly can exclusively reveal that Suddenly Amish is coming to the network in early 2026. Set in Lancaster, ...

HOLMESVILLE, Ohio -- When LaVina Miller Weaver chose to leave her Amish community at 17, it wasn't a frivolous decision born of teenage angst. She desperately wanted to please her parents and stay ...

Editor’s Note: Seven of Lovina’s eight children are down with strep throat this week making her unavailable to write. So this is the second to last in a year-long installment by the Amish Cook’s ...