Amish

The producers of TLC’s Breaking Amish appear to have learned something from the uproar that ensued when the real backstories of their five young cast members threatened to derail the tale they were hoping to tell, even before the series debuted....

Katie Leclerc stars in Beverly Lewis The Confession: The Amish return to the spotlight in the Hallmark Channel original film The Confession (premiering Saturday, May 11 at 9pm ET). The film is an adaptation of best-selling author Beverly Lewis’...

Even before it hit the airwaves last fall, TLC’s reality shocker Breaking Amish stirred up a hotbed of controversy. On a near-daily basis, reporters and former friends of the five cast members revealed the truth behind the supposedly naïve Amish and...

Matilda J. (Summy) Yoder, 98, of Grantsville, Md., died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at the home of her son Jacob after a period of declining health. She was born Sept. 24, 1914, at Honeyville, Ind., daughter of the late Jacob and Amanda (Yoder) Summy. She was...

Vanilla Ice is no stranger to reality TV, but his latest venture may be his strangest one yet. "Vanilla Ice Goes Amish" is actually a series and it will be debuting on DIY Network later this year. The title pretty much says it all. Ice (real name Robert...

KALONA, Iowa — A white van, its sides covered with the words Kalona By-Ways Tours, sits parked in front of an Amish country store, a steady stream of plainly dressed men and women coming and going. "I call this the Amish Wal-Mart," tour guide...

Apr 23 (TheWrap.com) - What's '90s icon Vanilla Ice up to next? Apparently, he's going unplugged – and we're not talking music. DIY Network is producing a new unscripted series, "Vanilla Ice Goes Amish," is currently in production and set to debut this...

BERNE, Ind. (AP) — A Fort Wayne man who pleaded guilty in a plot to rob members of an Amish community has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Eighteen-year-old Alejandro Lopez was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison, with five years...

SOUTH FORK — Paul Martin is a small, wiry man with a higher-pitched voice, sharp features and kind nature that lends him an air of a wizened old elf. Beneath a broad-brimmed black hat, he is dressed in all black, sharp as tack, even though he...

Winter skiing, springtime on the links, summer sailing and autumn leaf-peeping — the weather forecast is the driving force behind the planning of many vacations. But when it comes to predicting the weather, WBAL meteorologist Tony Pann takes it all...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Sixteen Amish men and women who have lived rural, self-sufficient lives surrounded by extended family and with little outside contact are facing regimented routines in a federal prison system where almost half of inmates are...

Some reality television shows offer questionable portrayals of the Amish community. Kevin Williams, creator and editor of "The Amish Cook" column, which appears in the Daily American on Wednesdays, is working on a project that he said will show the...