The “Biggest Little Town in Tennessee” had called a town meeting, and its entire identity was at stake.

Mike Elam is a former Benton County Sheriff’s Deputy and author. His book Buford Pusser: The Other Story traces his own cold ...

In a tight-knit, rural community in Tennessee, Sheriff Buford Pusser has always been known as a legend. He patrolled McNairy County in the 1960s while wielding an enormous hickory walking stick, took ...

A late Tennessee sheriff who inspired a Hollywood movie about a law enforcement officer who took on organized crime killed his wife in 1967 and led people to believe she was killed by his enemies, ...

Tennessee officials say Sheriff Buford Pusser killed his wife in 1967 and staged it as an ambush. A cold case review found evidence of domestic abuse and contradictions in his story. Pauline Pusser’s ...

Police say Buford Pusser — a Tennessee County sheriff-turned-American folk hero — shot and killed his wife and made up a story about being attacked by a group of men out to kill him. The stunning turn ...

Sixty years after the death of the wife of “Walking Tall” sheriff Buford Pusser, new information has been discovered that could have seen the lawman, who was known for carrying a stick while curbing ...