The U.S. Supreme Court sided with an Amish community in Minnesota when it ruled July 2 that a county mandate requiring septic systems to treat wastewater violated the group’s religious beliefs.
A man who led authorities to the remains of a young Amish woman in Pennsylvania pleaded guilty July 23 to kidnapping and killing her.
Hesston Mennonite Brethren Church in Kansas held a prayer service and candlelight vigil July 14 after a 14-year-old attendee, Madison Elizabeth Parrott, was fatally shot July 11 in Newton.