No one made a conscious decision to designate McNairy County, Tennessee, the center of the Buford Pusser universe—at least not in the beginning. There were no focus groups or public meetings to build ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. He drove the murder route. Mike Elam scanned the bushes along the sides of the road where killers could have laid in wait.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What was the cause of death of the wife of iconic Sheriff Buford Pusser in 1967? That question is now being examined by the ...

Justice for Pauline has been *** long time coming. And thanks to all the hard work put in by so many, we're finally able to announce to Pauline's surviving family and to the public. That we believe we ...

Buford Pusser, known to people as a fearless, no-nonsense sheriff who targeted crime and corruption issues in rural Tennessee, has become the centre of a new investigation of his wife's murder.

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 ...