Bergholz News

A suspect in beard- and hair-cutting attacks against fellow Amish in eastern Ohio has lost an appeal for pretrial release from jail.

That's because on May 28, dedication ceremonies for a veterans memorial project launched three years ago will be held - a project that honors both peacetime and wartime service men and women.

Sam Mullet, above, and six others are charged with cutting the hair and beards of Amish men and women, which prosecutors say is a hate crime because it is meant to be degrading and insulting.

Duane Sims, who was in the county's foster care system since he was 7 years old, told foster parents at the annual foster parent recognition luncheon Thursday that being a foster child made him become mature much faster.

More than 50 local construction workers held a rally in Jefferson County on Tuesday to protest a pipeline project they say is being completed by an out-of-state contractor and out-of-state workers.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys are sparring over whether father-and-son suspects in beard- and hair-cutting attacks against fellow Amish are a threat to the community and should remain in jail pending trial.A lawyer for Lester Mullet says his detention has become a hardship for his family and that his client should be released to help his ... (more)

A fierce legal battle is heating up between controversial Amish leader Sam Mullet and federal prosecutors over revelations that Mullet is a multi-millionaire. Prosecutors said Mullet, 66, declared war on his fellow Amish bishops, after they voted to shun Mullet and his followers, amid allegations that include sexual abuse in a small enclave that ... (more)