ARTHUR, Ill. (AP) — The “English,” or non-Amish, in Arthur and the surrounding communities may have access to high-tech smartphones that provide nearly every means of communication possible, but their ...

ARTHUR — The “English,” or non-Amish, in Arthur and the surrounding communities may have access to high-tech smartphones that provide nearly every means of communication possible, but their Amish ...

ARTHUR — Peter Bysko has a workshop at home in Springfield, but his tools are all power tools. “I have hand tools,” he said with a chuckle, “but they're just for display.” He and his wife, Michele, ...

ARTHUR — A couple of horses may have started the construction of the Illinois Amish Heritage Center’s future Visitor and Museum Center, but a (John) Deere is going to keep it going. In honor of Amish ...

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Not far from St. Louis, in and around Arthur, Illinois, is the largest concentration of Amish people in Illinois and the fourth-largest community of Old Order Amish ...

ARTHUR – Midwest Living magazine recently listed the Arthur-Arcola area 62nd on its list of the top 100 towns to visit. The publication touted the communities for selling "Amish everything" and having ...

ARTHUR, Ill. -- Amish buggies ramble up and down the road that winds around Reuben Schrock's farm, the horses tearing tiny chunks out of the oil-and-chip surface with their studded horseshoes. He can ...

ARTHUR, Ill. (WAND) - The Arthur Amish Country Cheese Festival is a gouda event to keep you cheesin' all Labor Day weekend. The festival will run from Saturday, Aug. 30, through Monday, Sept. 1, in ...

ARTHUR, Ill. (WAND) - The 45th annual Amish Cheese Festival attracts people from all over. The event features lots of family-fun activities like shopping, a parade, and of course cheese tasting.

A four-wheel horse-drawn carriage — a common site among the Amish community of Arthur. The horseshoes and carriage wheels cause more street damage than do vehicle tires. Our Communities Editor A ...