EBENSBURG - A judge on Thursday upheld the conviction of an Amish farmer who cites his conservative religious beliefs in refusing to bring a pair of outhouses into compliance with state sewage laws.

An appeals court has ruled that Pennsylvania's religious freedom law needs to be considered more fully in a case about a township's efforts to make an Amish woman stop using outhouses and hook into ...

Commonwealth Court threw out an order that Iva Byler pay $100 a month toward fines levied by Sugar Grove Township, a community of 1,700 about 50 miles east of Erie. The township argued the woman did ...

Andy Swartzentruber and Sam Yoder were convicted of two summary violations and sentenced last month to three months in jail. They turned down a chance to perform community service or pay a fine to ...

The Amish property owner said he is even willing to go to jail to defend his beliefs. Local officials aren't eager to go to that extreme, but are in a quandary over how to assure the laws are applied ...

MARTINSBURG, Ohio (AP) - An Amish couple said they will not compromise their religious beliefs and update an outhouse on their land, despite a judge's deadline. Dan and Lena Miller said they would ...

EBENSBURG, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania Amish farmer was sentenced Tuesday to 90 days in jail after refusing to bring a pair of outhouses into compliance with state sewage laws. Andy Swartzentruber, ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A man from Ellwood City is accused of trying to lure several Amish children. Investigators said 38-year-old Lucas Klobetanz waited for the children outside their school, and tried ...

An appeals court has ruled that Pennsylvania's religious freedom law needs to be considered more fully in a case about a township's efforts to make an Amish woman stop using outhouses and hook into ...

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An appeals court has ruled that Pennsylvania’s religious freedom law needs to be considered more fully in a case about a township’s efforts to make an Amish woman stop using ...