Larry Murphy Archives

Ten Commandments and four years debating the First Amendment

The unveiling of the Ten Commandments monument at Elkhart’s city hall was worth a headline at the top of the following day’s newspaper.  For 40 years of days and 40 […]

Traffic headache lasted three years at the Johnson Street bridge

Johnson Street bridge improvements took 20 years to plan. Construction delays and political squabbles turned it into a project to forget.

Judge Redding wanted reform but failed to beat Cosentino

A brigade of men in light-colored suits moved confidently on the sidewalk leading to the Elkhart County Courthouse. In the middle of this who’s who of local lawyers was the […]

With public health in the balance, Dr. Tomchik declared war on the patient

A struggle for power over public health in Elkhart County eventually came to a messy end and forced a doctor's resignation.