MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Investigators have implicated him in the death of his wife, but support from some for the larger-than-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser remains strong. The Sheriff ...

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 Sheriff Buford Pusser, once celebrated as a crime-busting hero and the inspiration behind the Hollywood hit movie "Walking Tall," faces new accusations of pulling the trigger that killed his ...

Confirming what every West Tennessee grandmother I’ve ever met or heard about has long suspected, authorities recently determined that famed McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser likely killed his wife ...

MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- 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 ...

Dennis Hathcock never believed the legend of Sheriff Buford Pusser – not for a second, he said. In southwest Tennessee’s McNairy County, where he’s lived all his life, many hail the sheriff as a folk ...

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 murdered by his enemies, ...