Holmes County's economy thrives despite lacking major highways and widespread technology. The success is largely attributed to its people, strong community values, and a focus on small businesses.

Across rural America, a quiet transportation shift is unfolding on gravel roads long dominated by horses and black buggies.

Ohio and Pennsylvania are home to 179,000 Amish, all of whom are expected to end their formal studies after the eighth grade so they can return to their families and begin full-time contributions ...

My mobile phone has a photo of pretty flowers on the lock screen but I usually rush past it in order to check my messages or scroll. I do waste a lot of time using it - spending some 97 minutes on it ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s replacement of the entire membership on the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee was extremely concerning not just because of the loss of valuable expertise, but ...

Over years of in-depth fieldwork within Indiana’s substantial Amish community, Lindsay Ems discovered that just like for the non-Amish among us, the Amish actively wrestle with whether and how much to ...

Misconceptions abound. On Internet forums, non-Amish posters complain about Amish not paying taxes (although Amish do pay taxes). " When people don t have the whole story, " Bontrager said, " it looks ...

A study reveals that Amish children in northern Indiana exhibit remarkably low allergy rates. Early exposure to farm environments appears to strengthen their immune systems. Contact with animals and ...